Xildhibaankii hore ee Dowladda Mareykanka David Rivera wuxuu la wareegay 10 sano oo xabsi
Xildhibaankii hore ee xisbiga Jamhuuriga ee Mareykanka David Rivera ayaa lagu xukumay 10 sano oo xabsi kadib markii la xaqiijiyay inuu ka shaqaynayay howllo sirta ah oo lacag dhan 50 milyan oo dollar ah oo loogu talagalay dowladda Venezuela.
Xukun iyo Qaladka Lacagaha
Xeer-ilaaliyaha Melisa Damian ayaa sheegtay in Rivera uu ka baqay inuu noqdo xubnaha rasmiga ah ee wakiilka dibadda, taas oo keentay inuu sameeyo qalad weyn oo lagu xukumay 10 sano. Xeer-ilaaliyuhu wuxuu sheegay inuu Rivera uu ka baqay inuu noqdo xubnaha rasmiga ah ee wakiilka dibadda, taas oo keentay inuu sameeyo qalad weyn oo lagu xukumay 10 sano.
Xeer-ilaaliyaha Melisa Damian ayaa sheegtay in Rivera uu ka baqay inuu noqdo xubnaha rasmiga ah ee wakiilka dibadda, taas oo keentay inuu sameeyo qalad weyn oo lagu xukumay 10 sano. Xeer-ilaaliyuhu wuxuu sheegay inuu Rivera uu ka baqay inuu noqdo xubnaha rasmiga ah ee wakiilka dibadda, taas oo keentay inuu sameeyo qalad weyn oo lagu xukumay 10 sano.
Sirta Bixinta Lacagaha iyo Xiriirka
Xeer-ilaaliyaha Melisa Damian ayaa sheegtay in Rivera uu ka baqay inuu noqdo xubnaha rasmiga ah ee wakiilka dibadda, taas oo keentay inuu sameeyo qalad weyn oo lagu xukumay 10 sano. Xeer-ilaaliyuhu wuxuu sheegay inuu Rivera uu ka baqay inuu noqdo xubnaha rasmiga ah ee wakiilka dibadda, taas oo keentay inuu sameeyo qalad weyn oo lagu xukumay 10 sano.
Xeer-ilaaliyaha Melisa Damian ayaa sheegtay in Rivera uu ka baqay inuu noqdo xubnaha rasmiga ah ee wakiilka dibadda, taas oo keentay inuu sameeyo qalad weyn oo lagu xukumay 10 sano. Xeer-ilaaliyuhu wuxuu sheegay inuu Rivera uu ka baqay inuu noqdo xubnaha rasmiga ah ee wakiilka dibadda, taas oo keentay inuu sameeyo qalad weyn oo lagu xukumay 10 sano.
Former Republican Representative David Rivera was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on behalf of Venezuela during President Donald Trump's first term. Rivera, 61, appeared stone-faced as Judge Melissa Damian denounced him for betraying his life's mission after jurors found him guilty in May on all counts, including failing to register as a foreign agent and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The Secret Campaign and Code Words
The seven-week trial offered a rare glimpse into Miami's role as a crossroads for foreign influence campaigns aimed at shaping U.S. policy toward Latin America. It included testimony from President Donald Trump's secretary of state, Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas and a top Washington lobbyist. Rivera and a co-defendant, political consultant Esther Nuhfer, sought to manipulate influential friends, including Marco Rubio and Sessions. Rivera and Nuhfer didn't disclose their lobbying work as required, for fear it would have ended Rivera's political career as an anti-communist stalwart.
To hide his work, prosecutors allege, Rivera also set up an encrypted chat group called MIA — for Miami — with his main conduit to the Maduro government: Venezuelan media tycoon Raúl Gorrín. Members of the group used playful code words to discuss their activities: Maduro was the 'bus driver,' Sessions 'Sombrero,' Rodríguez 'The Lady in Red,' and their windfall payments 'La Luz,' Spanish for 'The Light,' according to copies of text messages presented to the jury. Rubio was known as 'Miss Clairol,' because rubio means blond in Spanish.
Prosecution and Defense Arguments
The three-month, $50 million contract with Rivera's one-man consulting firm, they said, was focused on luring oil giant ExxonMobil back to Venezuela. Prosecutors said Rivera used the contract with the affiliate, New York-based PDV USA, as cover for illegal lobbying. The partners tried to hide the work — backdating documents and coming up with sham agreements, like one to justify a wire transfer of $3.75 million to a South Florida company that maintained Gorrín's luxury yacht. 'The United States and the public were the true victims of this fraud,' Assistant U.S. Attorney Roger Cruz said in urge
At Friday's sentencing, attorneys for Rivera repeated their trial argument that the former congressman believed he was under no requirement to disclose the work. 'David Rivera does not deserve to die in prison because he failed to file a FARA registration,' defense attorney Ed Shohat said at Friday's hearing. 'If he had filed that paper, that form, everything he did, including the $50 million contract, which totally distorted this case, is perfectly legal.' 'There's not one word in any chat, not one document, not one thing he did to help Nicolás Maduro,' said Shohat.
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