We’ve got this war in the Middle east, right? And one of the bad actors in that war has its tender hooks into our university system to the tunes of if they’re giving a half a billion to one university, you can presume they’re giving billions to other universities in toto. So there was some good news this week. Believe it or not, to change gears, we have Qatar, which is a terror supporting country in the Middle east, has gobs of money that it spends freely here in the United States, especially among our colleges and universities, to shore up its reputation and increase its power and influence.

And more notoriously, its support for terrorism has been further exposed after October 7, the massacre of Jews in Israel by Hamas, which Qatar is a key supporter of and which the leaders, Qatar is where the leaders of Hamas, or many of them live, and it’s where their headquarters, practically speaking, is. And so Qatar is a bad actor. And we have exposed and have been in litigation with Texas a M University on behalf of the Sakara Legal Institute for years.

And we fought the Qatar foundation, who intervened and tried to stop the release of records about their support for Texas a M university. And as a result of Judicial Watch’s disclosures or litigation, we won. After years of fighting went up and down the Texas courts, it was a mighty complicated FOIA fight. We found that Qatar, which is the, this is what they were trying to hide from us, essentially gave Texas A and M 500 and nearly half a billion dollars, arguably.

It looks like it was over 522. It was 520 20, excuse me. Been talking too much. $522,000,000. And Texas A and M, in recent days just announced that they’re shutting down their campus in Qatar. So Qatar has something called campus. Was it Education City, maybe. And they’ve got some universities over there, including Texas A and M. I wish I had the list of other universities that were over there, because they deserve to be pressured as well.

So anyway, but Texas A and M shut it down, and I think it was like $75 million that they were spending over there. So this is a great victory. And this is what I said in our press release describing what Texas A M had done. Texas a M’s decision to close its Qatar campus is a recognition of how reckless and dangerous it is for a taxpayer funded university or institution to take money and partner with a known supporter of terrorism, especially now that terrorism has raised its ugly head so dramatically again in the Middle East, Texas A and M has more work to do to extract itself from Qatar’s hooks, and Judicial Watch will continue to push for transparency on Qatar influence operations here in the United States.

So the Texas A and M Board of Regents voted in February. Eigth. So it was just not too long ago to cancel its contract with the Qatar foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, which funded the campus, ending the 20 year old program. It will reportedly take four years, finally to close out the program. So it’s going to be a slow process. The records that we uncovered showed that over $522,000,000 was given to Qatar, to the state university from January 1, 2023, from January 1, 2023, and going back to 2018, excuse me.

And most of that came from the Qatar foundation, which is a front for the government. So we had this battle, I think, that began in 2019. So it took five years to get that key piece of information because we’re battling this foreign government essentially in Texas state courts. It’s really quite incredible. Let’s see. Our friends at Sakar said something, too. Mark Greendorfer, who is Zakar’s president. Great guy.

Smart guy. First, we wouldn’t have been able to obtain this shocking information without the work of Judiciary Watch. For small organizations like Sakar, partnering with Judiciary Watch creates a verifiable, veritable David standing against the Goliaths, who otherwise shut down public scrutiny of their harmful alliances. Second, we also intend to continue our work combating terror and hate that is fed by the deep pockets of countries like Qatar. While our focus is on fighting anti semitism, this issue is one that affects every american, and we are grateful to have such a strong and effective partner.

And, you know, I like the David versus Goliath metaphor for Judicial Watch. But I tell you what, I kind of think that judicial watch is more like Goliath than we get credit for. It’s Goliath versus Goliath. You know why? Because we have tens of millions of Americans who are desperate for our leadership and support our work. We are, plus one of the most widely supported organizations in the country when it comes to combating government corruption and demanding accountability through these transparency laws that we, you know, judicial watch is Goliath for justice.

And I tell you, that’s why we win so much in court in a surprising way, because we’ve got the support of the american people. And I tell you, I guess going back to the David metaphor, if there’s any sling that is going to take out those stone walls that prevent us from getting documents under law, it’s the rule of law. It’s the FOIA law. It’s so powerful, and without it judicial watch.

And the american people would be way behind the eight ball in terms of trying to obtain this information. So we’ve got this war in the Middle east, right? And one of the bad actors in that war has its tender hooks into our university system to the tunes of if they’re giving a half a billion to one university, you can presume they’re giving billions to other universities in toto.

So we’ve got a lot more work to do, but a nice little victory. And Qatar, by the way, went crazy when Texas A. M. Pushed back on this or back out of their little education city program out there because they see this as a blow to their reputation to try to launder their reputation that has been so harmed because they support terrorists. So great work by judicial Watch.

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