Venezuelan authorities searched
prosecutors' offices Monday for evidence of financial wrongdoing, officials
said, the latest maneuver in a fight between the attorney general and
government over a deadly political crisis. State comptroller Manuel Galindo said
in a public address that he had launched a "fiscal audit" of the
department headed by Attorney General Luisa Ortega, the highest official to
break ranks with the government. In an address to lawmakers later, Ortega
complained that officials had burst into her offices like a "riot."
She insisted she would cooperate with an audit as long as they showed
"respect." Ortega faces a court hearing Tuesday that could lead to
her being put on trial over alleged misconduct. More…
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