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

Washington Post Politics Friday 02 October 2026, 19:38 UTC By Jeremy Roebuck, Teo Armus 1 min read
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A former Florida congressman and political mentor to Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced to a decade in federal prison Friday for his role in a secret $50 million campaign to lobby officials in Washington on behalf of the Venezuelan government. Democracy Dies in Darkness Ex-congressman and Rubio ally gets 10 years for secret Venezuela lobbying Former congressman David Rivera (R-Florida) maintained that, despite a $50 million lobbying contract from Venezuela’s government, he...

A former Florida congressman and political mentor to Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced to a decade in federal prison Friday for his role in a secret $50 million campaign to lobby officials in Washington on behalf of the Venezuelan government. Democracy Dies in Darkness Ex-congressman and Rubio ally gets 10 years for secret Venezuela lobbying 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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