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PREVIEW: COLLEAGUE JAY SOLOMON OF THE FREE PRESS REPORTS THAT DOHA PASSES AROUND CASH TO POLITICIANS FROM ALL SIDES--SOME SURPRISING. MORE LATER.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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PREVIEW: COLLEAGUE JAY SOLOMON OF THE FREE PRESS REPORTS THAT DOHA PASSES AROUND CASH TO POLITICIANS FROM ALL SIDES--SOME SURPRISING. MORE LATER.
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0:56.3

This is John Batchel, speaking with Jay Solomon,

0:59.2

the chief investigative reporter for the free press about Doha, Qatar,

1:04.5

the 300,000 richest people per capita in the solar system,

1:09.4

and their generosity towards American politicians. Both parties,

1:15.3

says Jay, and especially a prize at the end, a politician who was fervently in support of Israel,

1:23.1

and you would not expect him to show up in Doha so close to the attack of October of 2023.

1:28.9

Here's Jay Solomon to explain. Much more of this tonight.

1:33.4

I mean, we lay it out pretty clearly. It's a really, it's a stunning, what I would call

1:38.6

an information operation, influence operation, where they've really reached out to both

1:43.8

political parties going back decades,

1:47.7

but I would say really since 2017 when they had a real kind of standoff of the Saudis and the

1:53.4

Emirates. They were angry at Qatar for supporting Muslim Brotherhood organizations, supporting

1:59.8

the Al Jazeera, you know, funding Al Jazeera.

2:02.6

But it really is, on the political side, it's both parties. We had an interesting example,

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