Saudi Arabia has threatened to imprison bankers and consultants from firms such as McKinsey & BCG if they cooperate with a U.S. Senate investigation into the potential merger of the PGA Tour with LIV Golf, which is backed by the Saudi public investment fund. The kingdom has warned U.S.-based consulting companies that their employees could face up to 20 years in prison if they hand over documents detailing their work on the merger, claiming that the information threatened the kingdom's national security. This move is seen as an attempt to block the probe, which is exploring whether the merger constitutes an antitrust violation. The Saudi government's actions, including filing lawsuits to prevent consulting firms from responding to U.S. subpoenas, have been criticized as an attack on U.S. law and an effort to silence critics.
Saudi Arabia and all of its attending American consulting/lobbying firms flipped the bird to the US Senate this week. https://t.co/wlA8M2xOdK #Sportswashing
Silencing critics is nothing new for a Saudi regime that jails activists at home and murders them abroad. But, in this case, it’s not a single Saudi critic that finds itself under attack; it’s U.S. law. More from @BenFreemanDC https://t.co/wlA8M2xgoc
Now the Saudi monarchy is hoping to silence its most powerful critic yet: the U.S. Senate. More from @BenFreemanDC https://t.co/wlA8M2xgoc
"Silencing critics is nothing new for a Saudi regime that jails activists at home and murders them abroad. But, in this case, it’s not a single Saudi critic that finds itself under attack; it’s U.S. law." https://t.co/wlA8M2xOdK
The US wants to give Saudi Arabia a defense pact but Riyadh can't even abide by subpoena powers of the US Senate? NEW @BenFreemanDC https://t.co/wlA8M2xOdK #Sportswashing
As I warned Saudi Arabia at my subcommittee’s hearing, no one, anywhere in the world, should be arrested, imprisoned, or otherwise harmed because an American company has complied with American law. https://t.co/FoHDgre9U5
Saudi PIF advisers who comply with the U.S. government's investigation into the framework agreement between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf have reportedly been threatened by the Kingdom with up to 20 years of prison time. READ: https://t.co/85pfGD4mF6 https://t.co/lm846iRbjT
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is the latest big-name player to come out against Rory McIlroy and his opinion that if LIV golfers are given a path back to the PGA Tour they should be allowed to return with zero consequence. READ: https://t.co/FIaVxcKpfb https://t.co/5Qharqwpvb
Scottie Scheffler wants punishment for LIV golfers who left PGA Tour if merger goes through https://t.co/vF3pDGZLmF
Western executives defended themselves, saying that Saudi courts warned them company employees will face jail time if they comply with Congress https://t.co/OP5uYAgNxf
This idea being debated about LIV players being offered an inconsequential path back to the PGA Tour makes no sense. It feels like it's been lost on some, including Rory McIlroy, that LIV Golf is the PGA Tour's enemy. READ: https://t.co/6zuGJBJ0ys https://t.co/ECVLZC4tsd
Bankers: Saudis threaten prison time for aiding PGA-LIV probe https://t.co/AraXWotrbU https://t.co/NNxUImcDEe
Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund filed lawsuits to block the four consulting firms from responding to the US subpoenas on the grounds that the information threatened the kingdom's national security https://t.co/2uO4ybBvZi
🚨⛳️ #NEW: Scottie Scheffler joins those who say LIV golfers should NOT be welcomed back without consequences: “…I have no bad blood toward the guys that left. But a path toward coming back, it wouldn’t be a very popular decision, I think, if they just came back like nothing… https://t.co/RWJIui4aBY
Saudi Arabia has warned US-based consulting companies that their employees could be jailed if the firms hand over documents that detail their work for the kingdom on the planned merger of the PGA Tour with LIV Golf https://t.co/v3UbRPplIS
Saudi Arabia says it will jail western firms' employees if they cooperate with LIV-PGA Senate probe https://t.co/TmG2cLwibX https://t.co/SpBD10Samq
There’s a legitimate inquiry to be had whether the PGA-LIV Golf merger is an antitrust violation and this is, reportedly, what KSA wants to do to stop it. https://t.co/j8QNyyHzXk
"The U.S.’s failure to live up to its own First Amendment’s values undermines its credibility as a supposed global leader on press freedom," @FreedomofPress' @SethAStern, @RSF_en's Clayton Weimers write in @thehill. https://t.co/cYgpvtP5ud
LIV Golf advisors tell Congress Saudis threatened them with 20 years in prison if they cooperate with PGA Tour merger probe https://t.co/MAJcD8d8kD https://t.co/8X2EyFCUqt
🚨#NEW: The Saudi government has threatened to imprison bankers and consultants that it works with if they cooperate with the US Senate’s investigation into the PGA TOUR - PIF deal. (Via @Jordanfabian)
Saudi Arabia (crowd boos) threatened to imprison (boos intensify) bankers and consultants (crowd cheers) from McKinsey & BCG (cheers intensify) who cooperate with federal agents (crowd uncertain, could go either way) investigating Saudi takeover of the PGA https://t.co/y544XWR8t7
"Violating the court order could lead the kingdom to imprison executives and their staffers for 20 years" https://t.co/nU2xiW67Yc
Saudi Arabia has threatened to imprison the bankers and consultants it works with if they cooperate with a probe by US lawmakers into the planned merger of the PGA Tour with LIV Golf https://t.co/QWoz6LzugS