Sean Duffy, the nominee for secretary of the Department of Transportation, previously lobbied on behalf of interests that were at odds with some of President-elect Donald Trump's positions.On Monday, Trump announced his nomination of Duffy, a Fox Business host and former Wisconsin representative, amid a flurry of other Cabinet nominees and appointments he has made since winning the 2024 presidential election.
These measures made it difficult to restructure the debt.The disclosure's section for specific lobbying issues said, 'Provide strategic counsel and advocacy related to Venezuelan-U.S. investment and financial related issues.'While this is not evidence that Duffy specifically lobbied against Trump's sanctions policy, the policy hindered the Venezuela Creditor Committee's ability to restructure the debt, multiple sanctions experts confirmed to Newsweek.