But the notion that somehow the president authorized this challenge at the urging of oil executives is absurd. That never happened. Mr. Secretary, I'm asking whether you were with the president. … I did not have any communications with Paul Singer about Venezuelan oil. … about the U.S. operations? I think all of those executives learned about this operation the same time everybody else did. Well. Well, President Trump has said the opposite in public. (2:25:11–2:25:16)
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Asserts that Marco Rubio did not communicate with Paul Singer about Venezuelan oil.
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