 Between June 2012 and September 2016, his opinion columns were regularly published by Al Arabiya.Citing a report from "Middle East Eye", "The Independent" said in December 2016 that Khashoggi had been banned by Saudi Arabian authorities from publishing or appearing on television "for criticising U.S. President-elect Donald Trump".According to an article from "Forensic News", Oren Kesler, then Director of Operations at Wikistrat, told a subordinate in a July 2018 email that Jamal Khashoggi worked for Wikistrat, but it is unclear when Khashoggi was hired by Wikistrat.