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Hillary Clinton's 'Sudden Move' of $1.8 Billion to Qatar Central Bank Stuns Financial World

From the 2022 FIFA World Cup to the country’s relations with Trump and his son-in-law, here is a list of our key fact checks.

by Nur Ibrahim, Oct. 24, 2016


Image courtesy of BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images


In May 2025, with U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Qatar as part of his Middle East tour, we looked back at our major fact checks about the nation.

From Qatar's "gift" of a luxury airplane to the U.S. Defense Department, to Trump's own past criticisms of Qatar, to Budweiser's tweets at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, we have covered a range of stories about the country.

Below is a sampling of our key fact checks about Qatar, including the "fake news" surrounding a 2017 diplomatic crisis between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, false allegations of the country's central bank receiving billions from the Clinton Foundation, and its supposed ties to Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.  


By Nur Ibrahim

Nur Nasreen Ibrahim is a reporter with experience working in television, international news coverage, fact checking, and creative writing.

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Hillary Clinton's 'Sudden Move' of $1.8 Billion to Qatar Central Bank Stuns Financial World

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Reports that the Clinton Foundation suddenly moved $1.8 billion to Qatar originated with a fake ...

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