GOP Senators Seek Files on Venezuelan Businessman Pardoned in Prisoner Swap
• Three Republican senators demanded the DOJ release files on Alex Saab, a man pardoned after allegedly serving as a top financial intermediary between Venezuela and Iran.
• Saab was indicted in 2019 for money laundering and later extradited to the US, but was pardoned by Biden in a prisoner swap that freed 10 Americans.
• The senators claim Saab remains an "unrepentant criminal" and are seeking transparency on his alleged confession to serious criminal conduct.
• Saab was welcomed back by Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro when released and claims he was tortured while awaiting extradition.
• The prisoner swap came shortly after Biden clawed back Trump-era sanctions on Venezuela, which agreed to free 21 jailed opposition politicians.