A Texas hedge fund manager with business ties to Donald Trump Jr. was able to meet with top national security officials in the last year to pitch a plan that would help U.S. companies in Venezuela, The Associated Press reported Monday.
The news outlet obtained court records and documents that show Trump Jr. has been in business with Gentry Beach dating back to the mid-2000s, and that the two recently formed a company.
Beach and an Iraqi-American businessman met last year with National Security Council officials and pitched a proposal to curb sanctions in Venezuela and open up business for U.S. companies there, the AP reported.
An official told the news outlet that officials didn’t act on the pitch, but were told to take the meeting because of Beach’s ties to Trump Jr.
The Trump Organization said in a statement that Trump Jr. hasn’t played a role arranging meetings with “anyone at the White House or any other government agency.”
Beach told the AP in a statement that he never used his relationship with Trump Jr. to try and influence the government.
A Trump Organization attorney acknowledged that Trump Jr. had business relations with Beach in the past, but pointed the AP to a previously released statement that said their relationship was “strictly personal.”
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Trump Jr.'s business partner had access to top government officials: report https://t.co/3kAcuPQ38q pic.twitter.com/qCjKbO1vpf
— The Hill (@thehill) March 12, 2018
NEW: Donald Trump Jr. has undisclosed business relationship with GOP donor, a Texas hunting buddy who met with top NSC officials to push a plan that would curb U.S. sanctions in Venezuela in order to do business there
https://t.co/vptThJhv6u— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) March 12, 2018
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