christiefan915
Catalyst
Stupid trumper didn't conduct the most basic research before filing her bogus accusation. What's wrong with this woman, did she flunk law school or something?
"Justice Department prosecutors under Pam Bondi were forced to admit that the central claim Trump used to lay the groundwork for ousting Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro was a fiction. The president for months has promoted the claim that Maduro was the leader of a drug cartel called Cartel de los Soles .Now DOJ prosecutors say the organization doesn't exist...
...According to the New York Times, the revised indictment claims Maduro ran a 'patronage system' and a 'culture of corruption' fueled by profits from narcotics. The claim originates from a 2020 grand jury indictment against Maduro written by the DOJ. Trump's State Department and Treasury Department designated Cartel de los Soles as a terrorist organization last year as the administration sought to pressure the ouster of Maduro's regime. Experts in Latin America, however, have pointed out that Cartel de los Soles is actually a slang term invented by Venezuelan media in the 1990s to describe officials who take drug money as bribes...
...The revised indictment against Maduro now concedes that point against the now deposed dictator. The old indictment refers to the Cartel de los Soles 32 times and claims Maduro is the leader of the organization. The revised document now only claims Maduro upheld the patronage system along with his predecessor and mentor, President Hugo Chávez..."
"Justice Department prosecutors under Pam Bondi were forced to admit that the central claim Trump used to lay the groundwork for ousting Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro was a fiction. The president for months has promoted the claim that Maduro was the leader of a drug cartel called Cartel de los Soles .Now DOJ prosecutors say the organization doesn't exist...
...According to the New York Times, the revised indictment claims Maduro ran a 'patronage system' and a 'culture of corruption' fueled by profits from narcotics. The claim originates from a 2020 grand jury indictment against Maduro written by the DOJ. Trump's State Department and Treasury Department designated Cartel de los Soles as a terrorist organization last year as the administration sought to pressure the ouster of Maduro's regime. Experts in Latin America, however, have pointed out that Cartel de los Soles is actually a slang term invented by Venezuelan media in the 1990s to describe officials who take drug money as bribes...
...The revised indictment against Maduro now concedes that point against the now deposed dictator. The old indictment refers to the Cartel de los Soles 32 times and claims Maduro is the leader of the organization. The revised document now only claims Maduro upheld the patronage system along with his predecessor and mentor, President Hugo Chávez..."
