LIV Golf chief executive Greg Norman climbed Hill this week seeking lawmakers' support for the upstart tour amid its ongoing antitrust lawsuit against its PGA rivals, but was instead accused of spreading propaganda for his Saudi Arabian backers.Norman faced questions over LIV Golf's financing, which comes from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, as legislators from both parties accused him of wasting Congress' time on a business dispute between the tours. LIV Golf and seven of its players recently sued the PGA Tour over alleged antitrust violations, stemming from the Tour's decision to ban any golfers who signed with the Saudi-backed circuit.'They wanted to talk about antitrust, and I could care less,' Congressman Tim Burchett (Republican-Tennessee) told the . 'It's not Congress's job. We're a country of laws; take it up to the courts. That's where it needs to be, not in the halls of Congress.
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