According To U.S. Media, Qatari Regime Was Involved In Spying On U.S. Lawmakers Who Sponsored Legislation Against The Muslim Brotherhood & Oppose Hamas

By: Tufail Ahmad | MEMRI.org | June 18,2026

According to reports by Associated Press and Fox News, the Qatari Al Thani ruling family hired a former CIA official, Kevin Chalker, and his company, Global Research Associates, to spy on U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), as well as Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and former Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) who had chaired the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

The spying initiative, named Project ENDGAME, was aimed at preventing legislation that they had initiated against the Muslim Brotherhood, which is Hamas’s parent organization.

Below is the full “Project ENDGAME Executive Summary” obtained by Fox News, as published by MEMRI:

Sen. Cruz told Fox News Digital: “The Qatari government spends uncountable billions of dollars promoting and even funding the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and other terrorist groups. They have either bought or intimidated huge parts of Washington, D.C., into silence. It’s not at all surprising they would consider the few remaining outspoken opponents of the Muslim Brotherhood in Congress to be Qatar’s enemies. It is long past time for the U.S. to reevaluate the U.S.-Qatari relationship.”

Rep. Diaz-Balart told Fox News Digital: “The revelation that the Qatari government not only targeted my office but two sitting U.S. senators is not surprising and only validates my longstanding concerns with the Qatari government. This is not the first time a regime has targeted my office using covert tactics, and it will not dissuade my resolve to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization.”

Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI), who has broad expertise regarding Qatar’s power politics, told Fox News Digital: “As a member of Congress, I will continue to use my office to hold Qatar accountable. Qatar must be exposed and their years-long hacking campaign to silence critics not just of Qatar but also critics of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas cannot go unchecked.”