{"id":248269,"date":"2026-04-27T13:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248269\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:51:09","slug":"rep-pete-sessions-to-testify-during-ex-rep-david-riveras-federal-trial-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248269\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Pete Sessions to testify during ex-Rep. David Rivera\u2019s federal trial in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0April 27, 2026 at 9:29 AM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TOQ6W24CH3XRUWUT3DAGLT77MY.jpg\"  width=\"2657\" height=\"1494\"\/>FILE PHOTO: Former congressman David Rivera arrives at the James Lawrence King Federal Building on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo\/Joshua Goodman) (Joshua Goodman\/AP) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI  \u2014 Rep. Pete Sessions is set to testify on Monday during a federal trial in Miami against former Rep. David Rivera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Rivera is on trial on charges of acting as an unregistered agent for Venezuela, conspiring to commit money laundering, and tax evasion. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Prosecutors filed the case on Nov. 16, 2022, over a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela\u2019s state-run oil company, Petr\u00f3leos de Venezuela, S.A., or PDVSA. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sessions allegedly attempted to broker a meeting for now-acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez with Exxon\u2019s CEO and met with then-Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro in Caracas after Rivera and media tycoon Ra\u00fal Gorr\u00edn set up the meeting. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Rivera\u2019s defense attorneys claim his work was legitimate. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and in the Florida House of Representatives from 2002 to 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This is a developing story. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Isabella Martin\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/09e8bd89-5433-45a7-b775-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Isabella Martin<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Isabella Martin joined the reporting team at WPLG in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Liane Morejon\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/d280f347-3e15-408e-99.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Liane Morejon<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Liane Morejon is an Emmy-winning reporter who joined the Local 10 News family in January 2010.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Andrea Torres\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83a8effa-fc87-4940-96.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Andrea Torres<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0April 27, 2026 at 9:29 AM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandFILE PHOTO: Former congressman David Rivera arrives at the James Lawrence King&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-248269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}