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Close Maduro ally pardoned by Biden once again a target of US criminal investigation
- Federal prosecutors are investigating Alex Saab for his alleged role in a bribery conspiracy linked to Venezuelan government contracts to import food.
- This investigation comes less than three years after President Joe Biden pardoned Saab as part of a prisoner swap.
- Fresh charges against individuals pardoned are rare and only occur for crimes outside the pardon’s scope.
- The new investigation is a change in Saab's situation after he escaped prior prosecution through a Biden-pardoned prisoner swap.
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Less than three years after President Joe Biden pardons a close ally of Nicolás Maduro, the Department of Justice again targets the businessman, according to The Associated Press, an investigation that could reinforce the prosecution in the United States of the deposed Venezuelan leader. Federal prosecutors have been investigating the role of Alex Saab for months in an alleged bribery conspiracy involving Venezuelan government contracts to impor…
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Close Maduro ally pardoned by Biden once again a target of US criminal investigation
The U.S. Justice Department is targeting Alex Saab, a businessman linked to Nicolás Maduro, in an investigation that could impact the U.S. prosecution of the deposed Venezuelan leader.
·United States
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