WTF?
#Venezuela #oil proceeds are going into a private account in #Qatar that #US #Treasury cannot block. This can’t be legal.
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.!'"
#geopolitics #law #criminal #Trump #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Looking into this I find myself shocked to be citing Fox Business, but they were interviewing a Republican who seriously gave the unvarnished & corrupt truth about the situation∶
Rep Thomas #Massie (R-KY) on Tuesday criticized the Trump admin for how it is using the #oil seized from #Venezuela earlier this month, saying #Trump cannot sell the oil for "his own piggy bank."
#geopolitics #law #Congress #Constitution #criminal #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
foxbusiness.com/politics/massi…
Massie blasts Trump for selling 'stolen' Venezuelan oil 'for his own piggy bank'
Landon Mion (Fox Business)Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#Massie said the oil was "stolen" & that #Trump cannot "legally create a second #Treasury overseas for his own piggy bank."
"Selling stolen #oil & putting billions of dollars in a bank in #Qatar to be spent without Congressional approval is not Constitutional," Massie wrote on X. "Only #Congress can appropriate money."
#geopolitics #law #criminal #Venezuela #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •More from #MarcoRubio #Senate hearing on #Venezuela, when #RandPaul is the sane person in the conversation …
PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #oil #sovereignty
npr.org/2026/01/28/nx-s1-56903…
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#RandPaul∶ What if a country indicts our president for violating a foreign law, should we extradite him or be okay if they get him by force?
#MarcoRubio∶ We're always going to act in our national interest
Paul∶ What I'm saying is our arguments are empty. It's a ruse. We do what we do because we have the force.
#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Sen. #JeanneShaheen (D-NH)∶ It's been reported that the #oil sold for $500 million & $300 million went to the Venezuelan government. What happened to the other $200 million?
#MarcoRubio∶ It's still sitting in the account is my understanding.
Shaheen∶ The account in #Qatar?
Rubio∶ Yes.
#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #corruption #Trump #Venezuela #oil #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Sen. #TammyDuckworth (D-IL)∶ If it's true that we are not at #war with #Venezuela, will you advise the president to rescind his invocation of the wartime #AlienEnemiesAct?
#MarcoRubio∶ That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger
Duckworth∶ It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?
Rubio∶ No.
#geopolitics #law #immigration #DueProcess #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #oil #sovereignty #InternationalLaw
Atz
in reply to Nonilex • • •"Selling stolen oil & putting billions of dollars in a bank in Qatar to be spent without Congressional approval is not Constitutional"
That it even needs to be said out loud...
Nicole Parsons
in reply to Nonilex • • •desmog.com/2026/01/28/top-u-s-…
greenpeace.org/international/p…
The fossil fuel industry funds the fascism.
theenergymix.com/17-of-worlds-…
thehill.com/opinion/energy-env…
It's called the most corrupt industry on the planet for good reason.
theguardian.com/environment/20…
euronews.com/video/2026/01/26/…
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…
cleantechnica.com/2026/01/27/c…
The faster the globe phases out these toxic products, the better
greenpeace.org/international/s…
Red-state Republicans seek climate ‘liability shield’ for fossil fuel industry
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DB
in reply to Nonilex • • •Nicovel0 🍉
in reply to Nonilex • • •The UN ordered the USA to stop this practice and return control of oil sales back to the Iraqi government in *2011*, they’re still waiting.
Aaron
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