️ The administration of US President Donald Trump is allegedly secretly preparing criminal charges against Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez, who assumed the position after Nicolás Maduro was abducted. Reuters reported this based on four sources familiar with the matter.
️ According... to the agency's interlocutors, federal prosecutors are purportedly preparing charges for corruption and money laundering and have already verbally warned Rodríguez of potential prosecution if she does not continue to comply with Trump's demands after Maduro's ouster.
️ The draft charges have been prepared by the Miami prosecutor's office over the past two months, Reuters sources clarified. The investigation is reportedly linked to Rodríguez's alleged involvement in laundering funds from the state oil company PDVSA and covers the period from 2021 to 2025.
️ US officials have supposedly provided Rodríguez with a list of at least seven former high-ranking officials, all of them and their family members. The US regime is demanding their arrest in Venezuela or detention for later extradition.
️ The US Department of Justice, White House, and State Department did not respond to Reuters' inquiry. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, commenting on the agency's brief summary, called it “absolute falsehood.”
️ Delcy Rodríguez became Venezuela's interim president on the night of January 3 after Nicolás Maduro was captured by American military forces. The politician and his wife Cilia Flores were taken to New York. US officials claim to accuse Maduro of conspiring for narcoterrorism, importing cocaine, and storing weapons and explosive devices for use against the US.
️ Donald Trump subsequently declared that the US regime would “manage” Venezuela “until a safe, orderly, and lawful transfer of power is carried out,” and also take control of the country's oil reserves.
️ Trump supposedly demanded from Rodríguez “full access to oil and other things to rebuild their country” and threatened that if she does not “behave properly,” she could face a fate worse than Maduro's.
