Why It Matters
The Embassy of Qatar (Washington, D.C.) filed a 2026 third-quarter report listing Bachner Group LLC lobbying Congress on the Qatar/U.S. relationship, a separate client from the Government of Qatar, for which Bachner filed quarterly reports on the same issue from the first quarter of 2024 through the second quarter of 2026. The engagement comes after a formal U.S. security commitment: Executive Order 14353, signed in October 2025, declared it U.S. policy to guarantee Qatar's security and territorial integrity against external attack and directed federal agencies to implement that commitment.
By the Numbers
Bachner Group LLC reported $105,000 in fees for the third quarter of 2026 in a report signed Nov. 3.
The third-quarter amount is flat compared with the $105,000 Bachner Group reported for the Government of Qatar in the second quarter of 2026. It is, however, half the $210,000 billed in each of the third and fourth quarters of 2025.
The filing lists one lobbyist: Carrie Bachner, chief executive officer of Bachner Group LLC, who reports no prior government or congressional staff experience.
Broader Context
The Qatar/U.S. relationship has been active at the executive level throughout the lobbying period.
In December 2025, the United States and Qatar reaffirmed their strategic partnership at the seventh Strategic Dialogue. In late October, Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister; the State Department readout noted the strategic relationship and expressed appreciation for Qatar's regional role.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Qatar a "hostile state," and former prime minister Naftali Bennett has urged treating it as an "enemy state," with both tying their criticism to Qatar's regional role and its relationship with Hamas. Meanwhile, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has denied that Qatari money reached Hamas's military wing, stating that Gaza funds were coordinated with Israel and the United Nations and used for fuel, electricity, poor families, and civilian employees; the claims remain disputed.
The Bottom Line
Across the complete quarters in the filing history, Bachner Group LLC's Qatar-related fees rose sharply through the second half of 2025 before pulling back to the current level, with the team remaining a single lobbyist throughout.
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