LAWSUIT/MEDIA/MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A fundraiser for U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday [5-24-18] added several defendants to a lawsuit claiming the Persian Gulf state of Qatar hacked his email accounts and shared the contents with news organizations. Elliott Broidy, whose access to Trump has been the subject of press coverage in the United States in recent months, sued Qatar in federal court in Los Angeles in March. On Thursday, he filed an amended complaint adding as defendants the brother of the Qatari ruler and Ahmed al-Rumaihi, a former head of investments at the Qatari sovereign wealth fund. In the complaint, Broidy said he was targeted over his vocal opposition to Qatar as part of efforts orchestrated by Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, a younger brother of Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and al-Rumaihi to shift U.S. policy toward the Gulf nation. A lawyer for al-Rumaihi had no immediate comment. Khalifa Al Thani could not be immediately reached for comment.”
-Karen Freifeld, Nathan Layne, “Trump fundraiser expands U.S. lawsuit accusing Qatar of hacking his emails,” Reuters, May 24, 2018 1:21 pm