Citgo's Trump Inauguration Gift Surfaces Amid National-Security Concern
- Senators asked Mnuchin to monitor Venezuelan loan from Rosneft
- Contribution of $500,000 was part of record fundraising total
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A U.S. subsidiary of a Venezuelan state-owned oil company that has stirred national security concerns among U.S. senators contributed $500,000 to President Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, federal disclosures show.
The contribution from Citgo Petroleum Corp. surfaced just nine days after a bipartisan group of senators expressed concern that “critical energy infrastructure” in the U.S. controlled by Citgo could wind up in the hands of Russian oil giant Rosneft PJSC.