- The Foundation for Defense of Democracies reported that Qatar has spent, invested, or donated at least $400 billion in the United States since 2000, based on regulatory filings, business databases, lobbying disclosures, and other public sources.
- The report says Qatari money touches several U.S. industries, including defense, energy, real estate, media, sports, and education, and argues that some transactions are investments while others amount to direct spending on influence.
- FDD said Qatar has surpassed China as the largest foreign funder of American colleges and universities and called for greater scrutiny of foreign capital, including by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. READ MORE
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