GOP Rep. and longtime ally of Marco Rubio gets 10-year sentence for secret Venezuela lobbying

What the coverage shows

Both outlets center on David Rivera’s 10-year sentence and his secret Venezuela lobbying, and both identify him as a Republican and Rubio ally. The Washington Post uniquely foregrounds Rivera’s claim that, despite the $50 million contract, he was trying to remove Nicolás Maduro. The Independent alone highlights the judge’s “classic money laundering case” remark in connection with rejecting Rivera’s request to lower the guideline range.

Written by Crossfiled from the 2 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.