Trump’s energy deals are about to face a wave of investigations by Democrats

Democrats are expected to take control of Congress in January and use committee powers to investigate the Trump administration’s energy deals. Their scrutiny is likely to cover US involvement in Venezuela’s oil sector, the cancellation of renewable energy projects and possible conflicts of interest in deals involving minerals.

Democrats say they will use subpoenas to obtain testimony and documents, and may also seek to curb the war with Iran through a war powers resolution, which Trump could veto. The article says the US took control of Venezuela’s oil exports after a January military raid and that the Pentagon took a stake in North American Blue Energy Partners, a company linked to a claimed 65 billion barrels of reserves. Lawmakers have also sought an account of how Venezuela’s oil revenue was spent and questioned the legal basis of that deal.