2026-01-22T12:01:00.916Z / CNN政治
作者：莎拉·费里斯
更新于9小时前
更新于2026年1月22日，美国东部时间上午11:09
发布于2026年1月22日，美国东部时间上午7:01
2026年1月14日，在得克萨斯州弗里波特，纳夫光子号原油油轮停靠在弗里波特II号海运码头。这艘由雪佛龙公司租用的船只将石油从委内瑞拉运往美国。
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一组参议院民主党人要求查明唐纳德·特朗普总统的核心圈子是否可能从委内瑞拉石油销售中获利，此前美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)报道了政府与该国最大石油公司私下会谈的细节。
周三晚间，14名民主党人向白宫办公厅主任苏西·怀尔斯发送了一封信，敦促高级官员“立即披露他们在与委内瑞拉石油行业有业务往来的公司中持有的任何财务利益”。他们援引美国有线电视新闻网的报道指出，政府最近向这些公司推销，以私人安全保障为诱饵，试图说服石油高管投资这个政治不稳定的国家。
由加利福尼亚州参议员亚当·希夫和马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦等人领导的透明度呼吁，恰逢民主党人越来越多地审视白宫，称这可能构成内幕交易。希夫等民主党人此前也曾批评特朗普政府高级官员在参与影响市场的关税讨论后，对自己的股票购买情况披露不足。
参议员们还对特朗普与维托尔(Vitol)一位高级石油高管的密切联系表示担忧。维托尔是获得美国控制的委内瑞拉石油首次销售权的石油巨头，而该高管本月早些时候参加了关于这一主题的白宫会议。该高管约翰·艾迪生(John Addison)是特朗普总统竞选活动的主要捐赠者。
“鉴于此事的紧迫性和从中渔利及腐败的巨大风险，政府除了现有的财务披露要求外，还有更高的义务向国会和美国公众澄清上述财务关系是否存在，以及在何种程度上存在，并说明已采取或可能采取的具体措施，以防止总统和政府官员个人财务上的不当获利。”他们在信中写道，该信首先被美国有线电视新闻网获得。
此外，他们暗示，如果民主党人重新掌控华盛顿，将对未来采取行动：“此外，此类财务关系以及任何腐败交易或不当获利，都将受到持续审查，并可能导致未来的问责措施。”
签署这封信的其他民主党人包括纽约州参议员、参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默，以及罗德岛州参议员谢尔顿·怀特豪斯、康涅狄格州参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔、新泽西州参议员安迪·金和马里兰州参议员克里斯·范霍伦。
Democrats demand Trump officials disclose potential ‘profiteering’ from Venezuela oil dealings
2026-01-22T12:01:00.916Z / CNN Politics
By Sarah Ferris
Updated 9 hr ago
Updated Jan 22, 2026, 11:09 AM ET
PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2026, 7:01 AM ET
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The Nave Photon crude oil tanker is docked at Freeport Marine Terminal II on January 14, 2026 in Freeport, Texas. The vessel chartered by Chevron transported oil from Venezuela to the United States.
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A group of Senate Democrats are demanding to know whether President Donald Trump’s inner circle stands to profit from Venezuelan oil sales after CNN recently reported details of the administration’s private talks with the nation’s biggest oil companies.
In a letter sent Wednesday night to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, 14 Democrats are urging senior officials to “immediately disclose any financial interests” they have in companies dealing with the oil industry in Venezuela. They point to the administration’s recent sales pitch to those companies, dangling private security guarantees as they seek to convince oil executives to invest in the politically unstable country, citing CNN reporting.
The calls for transparency — led by Sens. Adam Schiff of California and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, among others — come as Democrats increasingly scrutinize the White House for what they say could amount to possible insider trading. Democrats like Schiff have also previously taken aim at senior Trump officials for offering inadequate financial disclosures about their own stock-buying after taking part in market-moving tariff discussions.
The senators are also raising concerns about Trump’s close connection to a top oil executive at Vitol – the oil giant that secured the first sale of American-controlled Venezuelan oil, after that same employee attended a White House meeting on the subject earlier this month. That executive, John Addison, is a top donor to Trump’s presidential campaign.
“Given the urgency of the matter and the enormous risk of profiteering and corruption, the Administration has a heightened obligation, beyond existing financial disclosure requirements, to clarify for Congress and the American public whether and to what extent the financial ties described above exist and the concrete measures implemented, if any, to prevent the personal financial enrichment of the President and Administration officials,” they wrote in the letter, first obtained by CNN.
And, hinting at future action by Democrats should they seize back power in Washington, they added: “Such financial ties and any corrupt dealings or profiteering, moreover, will be subject to ongoing scrutiny and may lead to future accountability measures.”
Other Democrats who signed onto the letter Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the chamber’s minority leader, as well as Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Andy Kim of New Jersey and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland.
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