>>3466568 lb
Maybe getting somewhere though a bit indirectly.
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/05/25/john-mccain-saudi-paymasters.html
McCain’s insistence that he has nothing to do with the McCain Institute is belied by the fact that the entity’s board of trustees is packed with McCain political cronies, including Rick Davis, the national chairman of McCain’s presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2008; Lynn Forester de Rothschild, CEO of Rothschild LLC investment company; Jeff Immelt, chairman of General Electric; former Telstra CEO Solomon Trujillo, who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for McCain’s campaigns, much of it considered to be «dark money»; former Senator and arch-neocon Joseph Lieberman; disgraced and criminally convicted former CIA director and retired General David Petraeus; Don Brandt, the finance committee chairman for McCain’s 2016 Senate reelection campaign; and Dave Berry, Bob Diamond, Sharon Harper, all deep-pocketed members of McCain’s 2016 reelection finance committee.
The McCain institute has also received lucrative donations from corporations with vested interests in the Middle East, including Chevron and General Electric. Through the Washington-based BGR lobbying group, McCain’s «institute» has also benefited from donations from Raytheon and the Royal Saudi Center for Studies and Media Affairs.
Royal Saudi Center for Studies and Media Affairs you say?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/khashoggi-mystery-fixes-spotlight-on-saudi-official-described-as-crown-princes-strategist-enforcer/2018/10/12/df5b523a-cd8f-11e8-ad0a-0e01efba3cc1_story.html
Less visible to U.S. officials than Mohammed’s security and diplomatic aides, Qahtani has the title of adviser to the royal court and head of the state-run Center for Studies and Information Affairs.
A senior official from the Obama administration said he could not recall Qahtani in any meetings with the Saudis. But others say his low profile belies his influence, especially on the 33-year-old Mohammed, who is a fan of technology and video games.
“The politics of Saudi Arabia have certainly become more populist and more aimed at the young, who are the more engaged in social media,” Haykel said. “I think he’s modulating or changing his tone based on that demographic and that kind of politics.”
On his Twitter account, Qahtani frequently warns of consequences for critics of the kingdom and promotes what some call conspiracy theories claiming destructive plots by the Muslim Brotherhood and Qatar. He enthusiastically retweets supportive replies from Saudi users.
So the Center donates to Wetstart, but appears loyal to the Crown Prince as per Khashoggi. So just as POTUS has his leaks to deal with, perhaps the Crown Prince still has his as well.