Despite years of accusing Venezuela's elected gov't of corruption, Guaidó's US-based officials are poised to lose Citgo.

Members of VZLA's opposition tell me how @ignandez, @carlosvecchio, & @ricardo_hausman are running a "scam" against their country: https://thegrayzone.com/2019/09/03/the-citgo-conspiracy-opposition-figures-accuse-guaido-officials-of-scam-to-liquidate-venezuelas-most-prized-international-asset/#more-14256

In July, a US court ruled the mining firm Crystallex could seize $1.4b worth of Citgo's assets as compensation for $ owed by the Venezuelan gov

To win, Crystallex had to prove Citgo was an "alter ego" of the state (therefore taking $ from one is equal to taking $ from the other)

In 2017 Guaidó's future "attorney general"
@ignandez provided testimony supporting Crystallex's argument that Citgo was an "alter ego" of the Venezuelan gov

At the time Citgo was protected from such allegations bc Venezuela's gov did not manage the US-based company's daily ops

Citgo's legal defense was jeopardized earlier this year when Guaidó's National Assembly moved to directly appoint the boards of PdVSA *and* its subsidiaries (including Citgo)

Crystallex immediately noticed the error, highlighting it in an April court filing

As Guaidó's "attorney general," why did @ignandez allow the National Assembly to appoint Citgo's board, essentially proving Crystallex's alter ego case for them?

Why didn't he inform the National Assembly of is prior testimony in the case on Crystallex's behalf?

Since Crystallex won its suit against Citgo, @ignandez's previous role in the case has been exposed

He's now trying to cover for himself, first claiming he "recused" himself from the case in March

I explain why he appears to be lying in coming tweets... https://twitter.com/TVVnoticias/status/1156735765239324672

. @GrayzoneProject obtained @ignandez’s “recusal” letter circulated among Venezuela’s opposition.

Notice he doesn’t recuse himself from the case, only from “conversations” w Crystallex.

Most bizarrely, it is addressed to @carlosvecchio, not “President” @jguaido. Why is that?

On top of that, @ignandez doesn’t mention his prior testimony in yet another case against Citgo, that of Ohio glassmaker Owens-Illinois.

As with Crystallex, Hernandez testified in support of Owens-Illinois’ argument that PdVSA was an “alter ego” of the Venezuelan gov.

. @ignandez has since tried to claim that he DID NOT analyze the alter ego argument in the Crystallex case.

But for some reason Crystallex characterizes his testimony extremely differently.

. @ignandez also claims Owens-Illinois paid his law firm, not him, for his testimony in its case against the Venezuelan state.

But official court documents name ”José Ignacio Hernández” specifically as the recipient of $163,720 paid for his expert analysis. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯

Additionally, lawmaker @DipRonderos said he would support @ignandez if he can prove he properly submitted his recusal to the judge who oversaw the Crystallex case. Hernández has yet to accept the offer...

Still @carlosvecchio should be able to verify the authenticity of @ignandez’s recusal letter *if* he were keeping proper gov records. Why haven’t you don’t that, Carlos? And why did he send the recusal to you instead of “President” @jguaido? This is not legal gov procedure.