US President-elect Donald Trump has shut down at least nine of his companies since the November 8 election, including four that were allegedly connected to a business venture in Saudi Arabia.
The New York businessman shuttered the companies days after winning his historic face-off with former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, The Associated Press reported Friday, citing corporate registration data in the US state of Delaware.
In the run-up to the election, Trump had registered eight companies with Jeddah, the name of a Saudi city, in their name, according to the report.
Half of those were closed within months and the rest were dissolved a week after the election.
Alan Garten, the Trump Organization’s general counsel, said the closures were part of a routine “housecleaning” and the Republican president-elect had no more business activities in Saudi Arabia.
Trump, a billionaire real estate magnate, has been under pressure to prove that his business…