{"id":2031670,"date":"2023-09-14T11:36:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-subpoenas-saudis-for-documents-on-liv-pga-tour-golf-deal\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T11:37:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:37:10","slug":"senator-subpoenas-saudis-for-documents-on-liv-pga-tour-golf-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-subpoenas-saudis-for-documents-on-liv-pga-tour-golf-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator demands Saudi Arabia provide documents on Liv-PGA Tour golf deal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenator-subpoenas-saudis-for-documents-on-liv-pga-tour-golf-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2031670&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Senate Subpoenas Documents on Saudi\u200b Arabia&#8217;s Golf Partnership with PGA \u2062Tour<\/h2>\n<p>The chairman of a Senate investigations \u2063subcommittee has issued a subpoena for documents regarding Saudi Arabia&#8217;s new golf partnership with the PGA \u2064Tour. The chairman, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, believes that the kingdom needs to be more transparent about its $35 billion\u2063 investments in the United\u200b States.<\/p>\n<p>This\u2063 move is the latest challenge to Saudi\u200b Arabia&#8217;s\u200b claim of \u2062sovereign immunity, which exempts it from certain U.S. laws and obligations to provide information on the golf deal. Sen. Blumenthal&#8217;s subpoena comes after his unsuccessful requests for Yassir al Rumayyan,\u200c the head of Saudi Arabia&#8217;s \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buy-ban-or-copy-how-governments-are-responding-to-the-cryptocurrency-revolution\/\" title=\"Buy, Ban, Or Copy? How Governments Are Responding To The Cryptocurrency Revolution\">sovereign wealth fund<\/a>,\u200d to testify \u2063before the subcommittee.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/pga-tour-unveils-24-schedule-pathways-to-qualify-for-signature-events-5448185\">PGA Tour Unveils &#8217;24 Schedule, Pathways to Qualify for Signature Events<\/a> &#8211; 8\/8\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/tiger-woods-joins-pga-tour-board-and-gives-commissioner-his-support-as-saudi-deal-talks-continue-5437023\">Tiger Woods Joins PGA Tour\u2062 Board and \u2064Gives Commissioner His Support as Saudi Deal Talks \u2063Continue<\/a> &#8211; 8\/2\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The surprise\u2063 deal, which brings together the PGA Tour and a Saudi-funded golf \u2062start-up \u200bcalled LIV, was \u200bannounced in June. \u200cIt gave\u200c the Saudi\u200b government\u200b a significant role in a prominent U.S.\u2064 sports institution\u2063 overnight.\u2063 The details \u200bof the agreement are still being \u2063finalized.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi government controls the Public Investment Fund (PIF),\u2064 the country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-niece-ex-u-s-treasury-employee-informed-hunter-on-chinese-sovereign-wealth-fund-during-obama-biden-admin\/\" title=\"Biden's niece, a former U.S. Treasury employee, advised Hunter on Chinese wealth fund during Obama-Biden admin.\">sovereign wealth \u2064fund<\/a>. Sen. Blumenthal argues that if the PIF wants to engage in commercial activities with the United States, it must be subject to U.S. law and oversight.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi Embassy has not yet responded to the \u2063subpoena, which specifically names \u2062the PIF&#8217;s U.S. subsidiary, USSA International, \u2062based in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, a legal battle \u2063between \u200cthe PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia resulted in a\u2063 federal \u2062judge ruling that Saudi officials would have to provide depositions and documents. The judge determined that\u2063 exemptions for commercial activity negated the Saudi\u200d claim \u200bof sovereign immunity. However, the deal between the two parties was\u2063 reached before\u2062 the ruling \u200bwas fully enforced.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Blumenthal\u2063 has not ruled out the possibility of issuing subpoenas for Saudi officials \u2062in the\u200b future. He stated, &#8220;We began with this subpoena, and\u2063 we&#8217;ll see how much information\u2063 it produces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It appears\u2062 that Sen. Blumenthal&#8217;s investigation into Saudi investments in U.S. golf and the country as a whole has divided the subcommittee, with many Republicans expressing support for the\u2063 deal.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia, under the leadership\u200d of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is actively working to diversify its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/global-oil-giant-saudi-aramco-says-annual-profit-doubled-in-2021\/\" title=\"Global Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Says Annual Profit Doubled in 2021\">oil-dependent economy<\/a> \u200cthrough foreign investments. However, critics argue that\u200b the kingdom&#8217;s investments in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-subpoenas-saudis-for-documents-on-liv-pga-tour-golf-deal\/\" title=\"Senator demands Saudi Arabia provide documents on Liv-PGA Tour golf deal.\">major sports \u200dinstitutions raise concerns<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON\u2014A Senate investigations subcommittee chairman has subpoenaed documents regarding Saudi Arabia&#8217;s recent golf partnership with the PGA Tour. The chairman demands transparency regarding the kingdom&#8217;s claimed $35 billion investments in the US. This action adds to the growing skepticism surrounding Saudi Arabia&#8217;s investment assertions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2031671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2031670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}