Pompeo Suggests Maybe U.S. Had Some Involvement in Botched Venezuelan Coup

A day after President Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper insisted the Trump administration had “nothing to do” with a failed maritime incursion into Venezuela, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo softened that denial. Pompeo, who has recognized Nicolas Maduro’s rival Juan Guiado as Venezuela’s president, told reporters on Wednesday that there was “no U.S. government direct involvement” in an operation that ended in the capture of two American contractors. https://www.thedailybeast.com/pompeo-suggests-maybe-us-had-some-involvement-in-botched-venezuelan-coup