Mike Huckabee

Huckabee Keeps Stake in Company Paid by Qatar Amid Israel Ambassador Role

By David Moore,

Published on Mar 12, 2025   —   5 min read

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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee moderates a roundtable discussion with then-nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump on Oct. 29, 2024 in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Summary

The consulting company was paid $50,000 in 2017 by a foreign agent of Qatar as part of a junket for American Jewish leaders.

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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, tapped by President Trump to be U.S. ambassador to Israel, has potential conflicts of interest as he plans to retain his ownership stake in a consulting company that was paid $50,000 by a foreign agent of Qatar in 2017, while planning to divest the company’s Israel travel subsidiary to his adult son, keeping the profits within his immediate family.

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