In 2022 and 2023, Donald Trump’s LIV golf tour was supported by Saudi Arabia. The Trump Organization has been subpoenaed by the Department of Justice to produce records for the probe.
Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, will host the event in July of 2022. His Doral, Florida course hosted a PGA Tour event in October 2022.
The relatives of some 9/11 victims have spoken out against President Trump’s close relationship with the Saudi royal family. Trump’s decision to welcome the Saudis prompted “deep pain and anger” among the group due to Saudi Arabia’s participation in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
A lawyer for the Trump Organization is scheduled to make a court appearance on Thursday. The New York Times reports that the Trump family’s companies have received subpoenas from federal investigators.
Employees at Mar-a-Lago have informed federal authorities that they believe the former president buried documents at the Florida estate.
In 2022, the year after Trump’s presidency ended, LIV Golf was established. The LIV tour will visit Trump’s DC course from May 26-28, 2023. The dates it will be back in Bedminster are August 11-13, and the dates it will be in Doral are October 20-22.
In a dispute with the Saudi crown prince over the latter’s plans to hold a big golf tournament, Trump has taken the crown prince’s side.
Golf pros are abandoning the PGA Tour in droves to join the Saudi national team. The Saudis are able to preserve their vast financial reserves in this way.
Many PGA players are unhappy with the league as a whole because of what they perceive to be unfair treatment. Those who, like Tiger Woods, have turned down money from the Saudi government will probably put security first.
In an interview released in October 2022, Trump described the Saudi monarchy as “good people with unlimited money” while also acknowledging that the United States has “human rights issues here as much as anyone else.” Trump was explaining his consistent support for the uprising.
After a month of talks, Trump and the government of Oman couldn’t come to terms on a $4 billion deal for the construction of a hotel and golf course.
The Saudi company Dar Al Arkan, which reportedly cut a deal with the outgoing president and now owns the property on which the skyscraper is to be constructed, is involved in the project and has links to both countries, as reported by The New York Times.
The Trump Organization declined to comment when asked about rental rates.
The Trump Organization is “honored to be holding three LIV Golf events at our properties” in 2023, according to a statement released by Executive Vice President Eric Trump.
Further, he said, “What LIV Golf did in their first season was really impressive, and we’re looking forward to raising the bar even higher with them in 2023.”
Prosecutors were trying to convince a Mar-a-Lago insider to testify against Trump in connection with an investigation into his handling of classified information at around the same time as Trump requested the golf tournament.
The investigators think they have further information about where the classified documents were hidden thanks to the anonymous employee.
It is unclear when the insider began providing assistance, but according to two individuals, almost the entire Mar-a-Lago staff has been summoned to testify.
Although many employees have been asked to return for second interviews, none of them are in particularly senior roles.
No one in authority seems to know what happened to the Mar-a-Lago surveillance tapes. The camera coder is also expected to show up.
On Thursday, Matthew Calamari Sr. and Jr., Trump Organization security officers, gave testimony.
The investigation of President Trump by special counsel Jack Smith has been dubbed a “targeted, politically motivated witch hunt” by Trump’s legal team. They claim that it was “made up to interfere in an election and keep the American people from electing him again.”
A person familiar with Smith’s plans told us that he and his accomplices intend to attack “anyone who has worked for President Trump.”
It’s likely that Smith will look into Trump’s financial dealings.