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UNITED STATES v. RAFOI

No. 21-20658 consolidated with No. 22-20377.

59 F.4th 718 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Daisy Teresa RAFOI Bleuler, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paulo Jorge Da Costa Casqueiro Murta, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED February 8, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sangita Katikineni Rao , Jeremy Raymond Sanders , John Alexander Romano, Esq. , Trial Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Robert S. Johnson , Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 21-20658.

Laura G. Ferguson , Margot Laporte , Andrew T. Wise , Miller & Chevalier Chartered, Washington, DC, George D. Murphy, Jr., Esq. , Bellaire, TX, for Defendant-Appellee in No. 21-20658.

Frederick T. Davis, Esq. , New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae.

Mahogane Denea Reed , John Alexander Romano, Esq. , Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, DC, Anna Elizabeth Kalluri , Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, Sangita Katikineni Rao , U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Jeremy Raymond Sanders , Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division Fraud Section, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 22-20377.

Samy Kamal Khalil, Esq. , Joshua Bradley Lake , Attorney, Khalil Law, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee in No. 22-20377.

Before Graves, Willett, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.

This appeal concerns an alleged international bribery scheme between U.S.-based businesses and Venezuelan officials. On defendants-appellees' motions, the district court dismissed all counts charged against them and suppressed statements made during an interview. The government...

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