GOP Strategists Rip Sanders’ Media Firm With Saudi Ties; Dems Mostly Mum

Senator Bernie Sanders addressed the New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont delegations breakfast at the Democratic National Convention in Essington, Pennsylvania on July 27, 2016 . Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is among Saudi Arabia’s staunchest U.S. critics, but two of the principals in a media firm—who were paid $80 million by his 2016 presidential campaign—also work for a foreign agent close to the Middle East regime.

The $80 million in payments were made to Old Towne Media in Alexandria, Virginia, the largest single vendor for the Sanders campaign.