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Federal prosecutors in Miami closed a long-running money laundering investigation into Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt on orders from the office of then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, according to sources briefed on the matter. The closure coincided with Trump administration efforts to enlist Betancourt as a partner in a major oil deal with Venezuela, with Trump announcing Betancourt's company as a Pentagon partner to secure access to 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves. The Justice Department denied that Blanche personally intervened in the case.
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6 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 3 bias groups.
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3 bias groups
The spectrum · how 6 outlets placed this story
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The Hill
South China Morning Post
Mother Jones
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CNN leads with prosecutors closed the case on orders from DOJ leadership amid the oil deal, while The Hill frames it as controversy swirling around a controversial figure whose partnership is being defended by administration officials.
How each outlet covered it
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Sparse coverage · 2 outlets
HThe HillCENTER5d ago
“Controversy swirls around Trump's Venezuela business partner”
