David Rivera’s Indictment On Venezuelan Influence

David Rivera

As per the Department of Justice, David Rivera, former Florida Republican Rep., was detained on Monday in Atlanta based on federal accusations of not having registered as a foreign envoy, also conspiring to launder money.  

In violation of the law, the eight-count accusation stated David Rivera and Esther Nuhfer, a co-appellant,  met with multiple US officials to discuss repairing US ties with the Venezuelan administration.

According to the indictment, Cuban-American Rivera was paid a hefty sum by PDV USA, an American division of Venezuela’s state-run oil refinery, for his work lobbying American politicians to enhance ties between the two countries and stop the US from enacting increased financial sanctions against the Venezuelan president and various other representatives of his administration.

David Rivera Trapped While Mending Ties Between Nations

US officials reported that David Rivera and PDV USA agreed to an unavoidable $50 million pact in 2017. In Congress from 2011 to 2013, roughly, Rivera was active. The indictment describes many contacts between US representatives and Rivera, including a Texas congressman and an unnamed Florida senator. Rivera also attempted to contact a Trump adviser at the White House, as per the prosecution.

The senator and David Rivera met in 2017 at an exclusive location in Washington, DC when Rivera allegedly informed the senator that a Foreign person had convinced President Nicolas Maduro to agree to hold fair elections in exchange for reconciliation with the US. Another meeting took place at a Washington, DC hotel DC, and a politician from Venezuela who hasn’t been named joined via phone.

In 2018, the organization assisted in setting up a meeting between Maduro and a congressman. On April 2, 2018, the bunch had a meeting with the president of Venezuela. During the discussion, the anonymous congressman admitted to carrying a letter from President Maduro to Trump asking for support for his plan to mend ties in return for a commitment to hold future elections that are fair and free.