{"id":56432,"date":"2026-05-01T21:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/01\/former-u-s-congressman-and-lobbyist-convicted-of-acting-as-unregistered-agents-of-venezuela-in-connection-with-50-million-contract-department-of-justice-gov\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T21:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:24:16","slug":"former-u-s-congressman-and-lobbyist-convicted-of-acting-as-unregistered-agents-of-venezuela-in-connection-with-50-million-contract-department-of-justice-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/01\/former-u-s-congressman-and-lobbyist-convicted-of-acting-as-unregistered-agents-of-venezuela-in-connection-with-50-million-contract-department-of-justice-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"Former U.S. Congressman and Lobbyist Convicted of Acting as Unregistered Agents of Venezuela in Connection with $50 Million Contract &#8211; Department of Justice (.gov)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxOemVBTWhkSjJWM2pPWG5qakF0LXY3YU5pbFFPaHJKTXFjQWNGTmtQN1hZRW50cl84OWRFSnFHTXBGUDlCT3ZUM0NVZXJvTlJhLWM5OEZ5ZjVOd3J1VlhaV3ppV1BLS2NDMkRuel94NFM5Y25VTmJSWHMxYlR4WUwxOFd3RU83VzVWWDRULWlyLWJ4QWhhcl9UX2RCX0F0a1RmSzVHQloydTlqQ1hzUjNMZFQtU2FaNUJMVVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Former U.S. Congressman and Lobbyist Convicted of Acting as Unregistered Agents of Venezuela in Connection with $50 Million Contract<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Department of Justice (.gov)<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxNM1d5dHk3RFhZanFqaEswLU9mc0sxSUU5TEdLOVJKQjVybElBWEc1NjNVYjd0UDJoaXhrX1h1Q1paWlVVTGVkNi1YRTVRdG51YzFBbF9NNEVQQU5EWkNiUFRDT1o5ajQ2VTVlSUlsaHdzMEt5S2M4cld0ZVRIQmt2X0lIUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Jury Convicts Florida Ex-Rep. David Rivera in Conspiracy Trial<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxNVzJMSXhlZ3FUVnloOGFMbzB3V3VLb1U5V1lFX0VRaXhod1p3VFdERk5palZCQnpuSmNkRkpJS0lHUFJENFVEYXl5ZjM5Um9mcV9BdVZnLXZ6dnNLNDJiSDZtZk1zMlZicmw5M1poMTFaZEFyWFFNbFAyUlBRNlBEZm10aXR6aVV2QTRtU2daWHBFeUl1WExxQW1nVnd0SDZZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Ex-Fla. congressman and Rubio ally convicted of secretly lobbying for Venezuela<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxPUW1Tb0o2Z2pPUHVUS0M3OExRYXM3Z2RmWGU3WnZkeUE1bUFSVHdvZElJQ1Btbk9ZUTFRODNkMUQ4QTFnMl9IVkd1TUVDTXV1blNsbmhxMnJqQ3ROcU0wUVpqUGtlU3UxZWtLdU5BQWo5bVd0VFVRSGdGdURiaC1OMVk2WDI3aTVDVFZ4aWk1VWNPaE5sT3hrdDVHYmZLZjkweVJvN0ZRWHk3Vk1Wd0FEcGY4UGI4anhWUm9xZUZ4bWY1V2VmQTRV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Ex-GOP Rep. David Rivera convicted of secretly lobbying U.S. officials on behalf of Venezuela<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibEFVX3lxTFBpUG4tSkpzalFNdzFyeFdjNUIyNng0UWc5VmJDYmk5bjBpVEFqUl9Zc2R4MTVKNmVneDA3S1B6cTljNjdtYlAzMGtaNzJQNG9lanVlVGVDWXlTSkFNQm9jZVhtdElhWkpPa1BOUw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">From Congress to prison: David Rivera is convicted in case tied to Venezuela<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Miami Herald<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former U.S. Congressman and Lobbyist Convicted of Acting as Unregistered Agents of Venezuela in Connection with $50 Million Contract&nbsp;&nbsp;Department of Justice (.gov) Jury Convicts Florida&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/01\/former-u-s-congressman-and-lobbyist-convicted-of-acting-as-unregistered-agents-of-venezuela-in-connection-with-50-million-contract-department-of-justice-gov\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}