Overview
- Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, President Trump confirmed he briefed major U.S. oil companies before and after the operation that captured Nicolás Maduro.
- Trump said oil firms are "ready to go" to invest heavily to rebuild Venezuela’s energy infrastructure and called for "total access" to resources to support recovery.
- Maduro and Cilia Flores were brought to the United States after the raid and are due in Manhattan federal court at 12 p.m. ET on multiple drug trafficking charges.
- Venezuelan authorities recognized Vice President Delcy Rodríguez as acting president following the arrests.
- The disclosure fueled questions about coordination with private industry and congressional notification, with Democrats accusing Secretary of State Marco Rubio of misleading lawmakers.