David Rivera: Former GOP gets 10 years prison sentence for secret $50mn Venezuela lobbying
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Former congressman David Rivera was sentenced to 10 years for his role in a $50 million lobbying scheme for Venezuela.
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Attorneys for David Rivera plan to appeal and in June applied for a presidential pardon.
David Rivera of Miami has been jailed since his conviction in May for conspiracy to commit money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent for the government of Nicolás Maduro.
Former Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison for secretly lobbying on behalf of the Venezuelan government and laundering millions of dollars tied to the work. U.S. District Judge Melissa Damian handed down the sentence after a federal jury convicted Rivera, 61, in May of…
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Former Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison for secretly lobbying on behalf of the Venezuelan government and laundering millions of dollars tied to the work. U.S. District Judge Melissa Damian handed down the sentence after a federal jury convicted Rivera, 61, in May of…
- Former GOP Rep. David Rivera sentenced to 10 years for secret Venezuela lobbying (opens PBS NewsHour in a new tab)
David Rivera of Miami has been jailed since his conviction in May for conspiracy to commit money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent for the government of Nicolás Maduro.
- Former GOP Rep. David Rivera Sentenced To 10 Years For Secret Venezuela Lobbying (opens HuffPost in a new tab)
Attorneys for David Rivera plan to appeal and in June applied for a presidential pardon.
- Former US congressman sentenced to 10 years for secretly lobbying for Venezuela (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)
Oct 2 - Former US Congressman David Rivera was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday for illegally lobbying US officials to ease pressure on ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government.
- GOP Rep. and longtime ally of Marco Rubio gets 10-year sentence for secret Venezuela lobbying (opens The Independent in a new tab)
‘This is a classic money laundering case,’ the judge said Friday in rejecting Rivera’s motion to lower the federal guidelines range
- Ex-GOP lawmaker sentenced to 10 years in prison (opens The Hill in a new tab)
Former Florida Rep. David Rivera (R) was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Friday for his undisclosed role in a multimillion-dollar lobbying campaign on behalf of the Venezuelan government under the first Trump administration. Rivera, a longtime friend and former roommate of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has…
- Former GOP Rep. David Rivera sentenced to 10 years in prison for secret Venezuela lobbying (opens New York Post in a new tab)
A former Miami congressman and longtime friend of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on Venezuela’s behalf during the first Trump administration.
- David Rivera: Former GOP gets 10 years prison sentence for secret $50mn Venezuela lobbying (opens Hindustan Times in a new tab)
Former congressman David Rivera was sentenced to 10 years for his role in a $50 million lobbying scheme for Venezuela.
- Ex-Congressman David Rivera Sentenced to 10 Years for Secret Venezuela Lobbying (opens Townhall in a new tab)
