WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
MIAMI - A federal jury in Miami found a former U.S. Congressman and lobbyist guilty of secretly lobbying on behalf of the Venezuelan government and laundering millions of dollars tied to that work, in violation of the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA).
"These convictions expose a simple truth: the defendants sold access and influence to a hostile foreign regime for money," said U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida. "They accepted millions tied to the Maduro regime, concealed that relationship from the United States government, and used trusted personal...