Reported by Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz (Summary shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/04/politics/trump-admin-quietly-closes-probe-betancourt) The Trump administration has quietly closed a long-running Justice Department investigation involving Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt, according to the CNN report, just as Betancourt emerged as a key intermediary in the administration’s effort to strike a major oil […]