PoliticsTrump administration quietly closes criminal probe into Venezuelan businessman amid oil deal
Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt had been caught for a decade in a sprawling Justice Department investigation into an allegedly sophisticated, billion-dollar money-laundering scheme. The Trump administration has now quietly closed the criminal probe as an oil deal unfolds.
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Trump administration quietly closes criminal probe into Venezuelan businessman amid oil deal
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