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Ex-congressman and Rubio ally gets 10 years for secret Venezuela lobbying

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Former congressman David Rivera (R-Florida) maintained that, despite a $50 million lobbying contract from Venezuela’s government, he advocated for the removal of President Nicolás Maduro.

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Both outlets center on David Rivera’s 10-year sentence and his secret Venezuela lobbying, and both identify him as a Republican and Rubio ally. The Washington Post uniquely foregrounds Rivera’s claim that, despite the $50 million contract, he was trying to remove Nicolás Maduro. The Independent alone highlights the judge’s “classic money laundering case” remark in connection with rejecting Rivera’s request to lower the guideline range.

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