Posted on 01/10/2026 6:44:50 AM PST by Libloather
House Democrats on Friday launched a probe into possible conflicts of interest following the U.S. military incursion into Venezuela last weekend, seeking to learn whether Trump administration officials or oil companies have or will benefit from the situation.
Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee, led by ranking member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., on Friday sent letters to the chief executives of four major oil companies — Chevron, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Continental Resources — ahead of a meeting with oil executives at the White House that afternoon. Democrats requested the businesspeople provide information to help lawmakers determine “who stands to privately or personally benefit from President Trump’s actions and whether corrupt motives were a driving force in U.S. foreign policy decision.”
The letter comes amid mounting criticism and confusion on Capitol Hill — including from some Republicans — about how exactly Trump plans to rebuild Venezuela’s oil infrastructure and what companies will be investing in the effort. Trump has said the U.S. likely would be running Venezuela and extracting its oil for years, despite doubts from some executives about the feasibility of such a plan.
In a surprise move, the Senate advanced on Thursday a war powers resolution designed to limit U.S. military actions in Venezuela, with five Republicans supporting the measure. The Senate still has to pass the legislation, and it would then go to the House. Regardless of the measure’s fate, it represents significant pushback to Trump’s unilateral action in Venezuela, which was launched without informing lawmakers.
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They will be sabatoging some oil pipelines or terminals soon. You can read them like a book.
Do democrats either have incurable TDS or are they collectively masochistic in that they seem to just love being wrong and have their asses handed to them. After all they’ve tried to destroy one man for a decade and have utterly failed every time, wth do they think they can accomplish by trying the same thing again?
Not as divided as they would have us believe. The Democrats are destroying themselves with stunts like this. Mainstream America is moving away from them and rapidly.
Gas prices keep dropping...
It is a form of Leftist masturbation. That’s all. They’re just going to fabricate things anyway.
It’s what they do.
The term for those people is “Black Pillers”.
Very apt.
And yep…we have lots of them on this forum, too.
PMS NOW
“House Democrats launch probe into Trump officials and oil companies” And...?
Of course the oil companies are going g to benefit. They are for profit organizations. 🙄
“Not as divided as they would have us believe.” Spot on! Now if we can only get elections to be free from fraud/cheating, we will truly see how undivided this country is.
Trump thinks he can actually solve problems instead of creating them. He doesn’t understand how Washington works. Halliburton!
Reminds me of all the things Democrats were saying about Saddam Hussein when Clinton was in the White House, about how he would have to be removed.
Then Bush invades Iraq and their tune changed.
They are really looking to see how they can establish another grifting operation for their own party. This explains why they aren’t showing up in Minnesota. They already have fraud based operations there.
Minority Committee members have no legal authority to compel anyone t9 provide information. This is just a way to show their radical constituents that they’re “doing something”.
Trying to promote wind and solar and ban oil. How to do it? Attack oil.
I want to be deaf and blind to the things that politicians focus on that don’t help Americans or people in general.
Taking Madura out was the right thing.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1889598858322751/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v
A short video about the importance of Venezuela to Iran.
What are you doing to ensure we win midterms? You seem convinced.
Are they aiming for Paul Singer’s $50M donation to Trump’s last campaign?
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