The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
Anatoly Kurmanaev, Tyler Pager and Rebecca R. Ruiz, NY Times
In early March, as President Trump basked in the success of a military intervention in Venezuela, he joined Interior Secretary Doug Burgum in the West Wing for a private celebration. A businessman also attended, and brought along a pile of gold.
The president looked approvingly at the 10 Venezuelan gold bars stacked in the Roosevelt Room, across from the Oval Office, White House officials recalled. Aides took photos and joked about keeping the gold.
