Rubio says oil companies were not tipped off about Venezuela operation, contradicting Trump

Rubio says oil companies were not tipped off about Venezuela operation, contradicting Trump

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that oil companies were not tipped off ahead of the Trump administration’s incursion into Venezuela, appearing to contradict past statements from President Trump. “The oil executives were not involved whatsoever in any of the planning on this matter,” Rubio said during a Senate hearing.  “All of those executives learned about…

Donald Trump claimed oil companies were tipped off before Maduro's capture, but it just got nullified by a top official's Senate testimony

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified that oil companies were absolutely not tipped off about the administration’s incursion into Venezuela, as reported by The Hill, directly contradicting earlier statements made by President Trump. This is a pretty major public divergence on a sensitive foreign policy matter, and it certainly raises questions about who knew what and when regarding the operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Te…