Prosecutors allege that Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez authorized a $50 million contract to hire former U.S. congressman David Rivera to lobby the Trump administration as a federal trial examining the alleged influence campaign began Monday in Miami.
The case centers on claims that Rivera, a Republican who once represented Florida, used his political connections to push U.S. officials to ease pressure on Nicolás Maduro's regime during Trump's first term.
