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Robert Pittenger: “I think in my written testimony, I noted that, for example, Daniel Ortega has acknowledged that he gets about $500…”

On the recordJune 22, 2016
I think in my written testimony, I noted that, for example, Daniel Ortega has acknowledged that he gets about $500 million a year from Venezuela...
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Robert Pittenger
North Carolina

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Pittenger highlights Ortega's financial ties to Venezuela as problematic.

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