Cornyn raises questions to Biden about timing of DOJ's investigation into PGA Tour

OutKick founder Clay Travis discusses the potential hazard President Biden could face during his trip to Saudi Arabia as the Justice Department investigates the PGA Tour's handling of LIV Golf's emergence.

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, questioned the timing of the Justice Department’s antitrust investigation into the PGA Tour’s possible anti-competitive practices with respect to LIV Golf in a letter to President Biden exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital Thursday.

The Justice Department launched its probe into potentially anti-competitive practices by the PGA Tour earlier this week, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

The investigation coincided with Biden’s trip to the Middle East, which will end with a trip to Saudi Arabia.

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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks during a hearing on "Protecting America’s Children From Gun Violence" with the Senate Judiciary Committee at the U.S. Capitol June 15, 2022, in Washington, D.C.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

"I am concerned about whether members of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, or any other member of your administration, was involved in the investigation recently being made public," Cornyn wrote to Biden. "I also have questions about whether your administration had any contact with the Saudi Arabian government about the investigation, either before it opened or afterwards."

The senator wrote that he wanted to highlight the influence Saudi Arabia has on Americans and the Justice Department’s investigation may have "implications both for our nation’s foreign policy and for transparency at home."

"Saudi Arabia has a history of surreptitious and at times malign behavior in its attempts to influence