Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf is allegedly using its US court fight with rival PGA Tour Inc. to “build an intelligence file” on families of 9/11 victims who have been critical of the kingdom and its new professional golfer’s circuit.
LIV, backed by Saudi Arabia’s $676 billion sovereign wealth fund, last month sued PGA’s public-relations firm Clout Public Affairs LLC in federal court in Washington to enforce a subpoena for communications and other documents that could be used in LIV’s antitrust suit against PGA.
In a court filing late Tuesday, Clout accused LIV of improperly using the subpoena to gather information on another client, 9/11 Justice, which is involved in a separate suit against Saudi Arabia related to the 2001 terror attacks and other atrocities including the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
