American Company Receive Millions of Dollars in Exchange for Whitewashing Saudi Violations

Democracy Now for the Arab World organization (DAWN) revealed that an American public relations company is suing millions from Saudi Arabia in exchange for whitewashing the kingdom’s violations.

Michael Petruzzello is the Managing Director of the international public relations firm Qorvis Communications. He is also a longtime accomplice of the Saudi Arabian government.
Petruzzello founded the D.C.-based firm in 2000 and has been on the Saudi government’s payroll since the 9/11 attacks against the United States.

In this role, Petruzzello has contributed to the Saudi government’s abuses by ensuring continued U.S. military support for it, helping avoid accountability and scrutiny for its role in Yemen’s humanitarian crisis and its murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

He has misrepresented the Saudi government’s human rights record in particular by promoting communications for organizations that whitewash Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses.
Since 2001, Qorvis has received, by far, the most money of any lobbyist or public relations firm working for the Saudi government: an astonishing $124,096,489.62.

Petruzzello has guided this relationship from the beginning and served, effectively, as a representative and spokesman for the Saudi government.

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