Reuters reported a week before the U.S. invaded Venezuela, Vance met with John Addison, an oil trader who gave $300,000 to Vance's 2022 campaign, at a Montana resort. Two days after the raid, Energy Sec. Chris Wright offered Addison's Vitol the right to see Venezuelan oil.
Addison and his wife also gave $7 million to Trump's re-election campaign. Wright called him directly, although he was a trader not the regional CEO. Both Addison and its rival Trafigura were given special licenses by Wright, and earned hundreds of millions. Democrats plan to investigate.