"Trump Saves Citgo..." LOL They're one of his biggest donors!

[procon]

You can't make this shit up - Chapter 24,714

Trump Saves Citgo, Repped by His Ex-Aides, From New Sanctions

Citgo buffed up its ties to Trump before and after his election. Now, it gets exempted from a new round of Venezuela sanctions.

LACHLAN MARKAY
08.25.17 2:21 PM ET

The White House on Friday announced a new round of sanctions against Venezuela that explicitly exempt the U.S. arm of the country’s state-owned oil company. That company, Citgo, donated six-figure sums to Trump’s inauguration and recently hired former Trump officials to lobby for that exemption.

The purpose of the new sanctions announced by the administration is to target arms of the Venezuelan government that have supported or facilitated President Nicolas Maduro’s ongoing crackdown on domestic political opposition. The carve out for Citgo was included in the White House statement released on Friday.

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Under the administration of President Donald Trump, those efforts entailed beefing up its D.C. influence operation with lobbyists with deep ties to the president’s political operation. In April, it hired Avenue Strategies, the firm co-founded by former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and campaign adviser Barry Bennett.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-just-gave-a-big-carve-out-to-citgo-an-oil-giant-repped-by-his-ex-aides

Nah, what conflict of interest?

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Gee Whiz,

you think there is some type of correlation. BTW,did not Rosenef Buy a huge chunk of Citgo?

[Elwood P Dowd]

3. Trump drained the DC swamp full of water and replaced it with coal sludge and oil. (nm)

[Tanuki]

2. Indeed, and Citgo is a player in trying to help Russia avoid sanctions,

so of course Lewandowsi wants to aid and abet.

https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1A52RN

Reuters) - Russia's top oil producer Rosneft is negotiating to swap its collateral in Venezuelan-owned, U.S.-based refiner Citgo for oilfield stakes and a fuel supply deal - a move to avoid complications from U.S. sanctions, two sources with knowledge of the negotiations told Reuters.

State-owned Rosneft holds a 49.9 percent stake in Citgo as collateral for a loan last year of about $1.5 billion to the OPEC nation, which is reeling from low oil prices and a severe recession.

The arrangement with Venezuela's state-owned oil firm, PDVSA, has drawn fire from U.S. senators who do not want Russia in a position to own a substantial stake of U.S.-based energy assets in potential violation of existing economic sanctions"...

[procon]

4. Trump's not even trying to hide his collusion. nt

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Thank you for your post.

Should be required reading for all. Saw this blurb on Bloomberg Eourpe a couple of weeks ago. This did not show up on their USA version some six hours later. Who says there is not any control of media messaging.

All about Trump and Company paying back Putin. Everything else is pure bull crap.