{"id":116581,"date":"2022-12-07T11:46:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T16:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=116581"},"modified":"2022-12-07T11:46:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T16:46:36","slug":"former-miami-gop-congressman-david-rivera-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=116581","title":{"rendered":"Former Miami GOP Congressman David Rivera Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=116581\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=116581\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-116582 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1241374558_ttf9ha-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1241374558_ttf9ha-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1241374558_ttf9ha.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Nikki Slusher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marco Rubio\u2019s longtime former \u201cenforcer\u201d has been indicted over a $50 million contract with the Venezuelan government. Former Miami Republican Rep. David Rivera had previously avoided &#8220;a host of state and federal criminal indictments.\u201d A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Miami confirmed Rivera\u2019s arrest in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to NBC Miami\u2019s report, the former congressman was arrested for his connection to the ongoing federal criminal investigation while in the Atlanta airport. A grand jury handed down the indictment last month, per spokesperson Marlene Rodriguez. Mr. Rivera was released on bail Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Rivera\u2019s arrest was only a matter of time after it was revealed that the contract with President Nicolas Maduro was an attempt to gain favor with former President Donald Trump in the early days of the Trump administration. &#8220;Rivera&#8217;s Interamerican Consulting was sued in 2020 by PDV USA \u2014 a Delaware-based affiliate of Venezuelan-owned Citgo \u2014 alleging the former congressman performed no work as part of the contract he signed in 2017 for three months of &#8216;strategic consulting&#8217; meant to build bridges with key U.S. stakeholders,&#8221; stated NBC Miami. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Rivera had escaped a plethora of federal and state criminal charges prior to his arrest. He was also extremely close to Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, who Rivera acted as an enforcer for and co-owned a home with the senator. Trump targeted Rivera in a 2016 ad that attacked Sen. Rubio.<\/p>\n<p>The court\u2019s have been showing over the last two weeks that when you f*ck around, you will ultimately find out. We can now add another GOP name to the growing \u201cindicted Republicans\u201d list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nikki Slusher Marco Rubio\u2019s longtime former \u201cenforcer\u201d has been indicted over a $50 million contract with the Venezuelan government. Former Miami Republican Rep. David Rivera had previously avoided &#8220;a host of state and federal criminal indictments.\u201d A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Miami confirmed Rivera\u2019s arrest in a statement on Tuesday. 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