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The Guardian - US
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

Senate subpoenas Saudi’s $700bn sovereign wealth fund over US dealings

Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut.
Subpoena was announced Wednesday at a committee hearing led by its chairman, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut. Photograph: Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

Saudi Arabia’s $700bn sovereign wealth fund – which has been used as a lever of global influence by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – has been subpoenaed by a powerful Senate committee after it refused to voluntarily comply with information requests about its US dealings.

The subpoena, which was issued by the Senate’s permanent subcommittee on investigations, is targeting the Public Investment Fund’s wholly-owned US subsidiaries in connection to the group’s proposed golf deal and “related investments throughout the United States”.

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