Venezuela’s Capriles Expels Lawmaker Investigated for Graft
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Venezuelan presidential candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski expelled a lawmaker who is a member of his party after a video surfaced showing him allegedly receiving bribes.
Pro-government lawmakers today presented a video that allegedly shows Juan Carlos Caldera, a lawmaker with Primero Justicia and a candidate for mayor in the Caracas municipality of Sucre, taking money from a man who wanted him to help set up a meeting with Capriles. Capriles said Caldera was expelled from his campaign and as a representative before the country’s electoral council. Phone calls to the offices of Capriles’ Primero Justicia party were not returned.