Controversy swirls around Trump's Venezuela business partner
- The Trump administration’s Venezuela oil deal puts the federal government in business with a controversial figure from the South American nation.
- Recent reporting links North American Blue Energy Partners’s Alejandro Betancourt to multiple investigations.
- But administration officials have defended their partnership, saying that Betancourt is a proven operator in Venezuela’s energy sector.
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- The Trump administration’s Venezuela oil deal puts the federal government in business with a controversial figure from the South American nation.
- Recent reporting links North American Blue Energy Partners’s Alejandro Betancourt to multiple investigations.
- But administration officials have defended their partnership, saying that Betancourt is a proven operator in Venezuela’s energy sector.
Sources: The Hill