Alwaght- Saudi Arabia is financing Hillary Clinton’s campaign to help her elected in the US presidential election in 2016, media say.
Middle East Eye news agency quoted Jordanian based news agency The Petra as saying what it described as exclusive comments from Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman which included a claim that Riyadh has provided 20 percent of the total funding to prospective Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
“Saudi Arabia always has sponsored both Republican and Democratic Party of America and in America current election also provide with full enthusiasm 20 percent of the cost of Hillary Clinton’s election even though some events in the country don’t have a positive look to support the king of a woman (sic) for presidency,” the report quoted Prince Mohammed as saying.
The report was published on the eve of Prince Mohammed making an official visit to the US.
It is illegal in the US for foreign countries to try to influence the outcome of elections by funding candidates.
Links between Saudi Arabia and the Clinton family, including with Hillary’s campaign, are well reported.
In 2008, it was revealed that the Gulf kingdom had donated between $10m and $25m to the Clinton Foundation, a charity set up by Hillary’s husband and former US President Bill Clinton.
Last year the Centre for Studies and Media Affairs at the Saudi Royal Court paid public relations firm the Podesta Group $200,000 for a month long project to provide “public relations services”.
