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The U.S. seized a plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolaacute Maduro and brought it to the U.S. on Monday, the Justice Department said in a statement, claiming the jet was exported from Florida in violation of U.S. sanctions.The plane, identified as a Dassault Falcon 900EX, was seized in the Dominican Republic and transported to Florida, the department said. This morning, the Justice Department seized an aircraft we allege was illegally purchased for $13 million through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States for use by Nicolaacute Maduro and his cronies, Attorney General Merrick Garland said. The Department will continue to pursue those who violate our sanctions and export controls to prevent them from using American resources to un stanley cup dermine the national security of the United States. stanley quencher The department said Maduro s associates arranged to purchase the jet from a U.S. company in south Florida for $13 million in late 2022 and early 2023. The plane was shipped to the Caribbean and then to Venezuela, the statement said, in v stanley quencher iolation of U.S. sanctions and export controls. The Dassault Falcon 900EX belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolaacute Maduro, which the U.S. seized on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. CBS Miami Since then, the jet has flown almost exclusively to and from a military base in Venezuela and has bee Ghhn Reform Or Retreat In California
This post originally appeared on Slate.Mitt Romney says he is a numbers guy, but in the end he got the numbers wrong. His campaign was adamant that public polls in the swing states were mistaken. They claimed the pollsters were over-estimating the number of Democrats who would turn out on Election Day. Romney s campaign was certain that minorities would not show up for Obama in 2012 the way they did in 2008. It just defied logic, said a top aide of the idea that Obama could match, let alone exceed, his performance with minorities from the last election. When anyone raised the idea that public polls were showing a close race, the campaign s pollster said the poll modeling was flawed and everyone moved on. Internally, the campaign s own polling--tweaked to represent their view of the electorate, with fewer Democrats--showed a steady uptick for Romney since the first debate. Even on the morning of the election, Romney s senior advisers weren t close to hedging. They said he was going to win decisiv stanley tazas ely. It seemed like spin, but the Boston Globe reports that a fireworks display was already ordered for the victory. Romne stanley quencher y and Ryan thought they were going to win, say aides. We were optimistic. More than just cautiously optimis stanley thermos mug tic, says one campaign staffer. When Romney lost, it was like a death in the family. How did the Romney team get it so wrong According to those involved, it was a mix of believing anecdotes about party enthusiasm and an underestimation of their opponent |
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