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Elliott Broidy, a top Republican fundraiser, sued Qatar, accusing the Gulf state of pilfering and leaking emails in retribution for his attempts to influence the Trump administration in favour of regional rivals of Qatar.
In the lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Los Angeles, Broidy accused Qatar and its agents of hacking into his and his wife’s email accounts and providing the stolen documents, via US-based lobbyists, to media outlets in order to plant damaging articles about him.
The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, says some of the leaked materials were doctored. “We believe the evidence is clear that a nation state is waging a sophisticated disinformation campaign against me in order to silence me,†Broidy said in a statement.
Jassim Al-Thani, a spokesman at Qatar’s embassy in Washington, described the lawsuit as an attempt by Broidy to divert attention from media scrutiny on his activities. “It is Mr. Broidy, not Qatar, who orchestrated nefarious activities designed to influence Congress and American foreign policy,†Al-Thani said in a statement.