National security adviser John Bolton said the Trump administration was putting foreign banks 'on notice,' threatening to wield sanctions against those who facilitate transactions that could benefit Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
National security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday said the Trump administration was putting foreign banks "on notice," threatening to wield sanctions against those who facilitate transactions that could benefit Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
“The United States is putting foreign financial institutions on notice that they will face sanctions for being involved in facilitating illegitimate transactions that benefit Nicolas Maduro and his corrupt network,” he continued, vowing that the U.S. “will not allow Maduro to steal the wealth of the Venezuelan people.”
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