{"id":2532432,"date":"2026-01-10T21:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T02:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-signs-order-blocking-courts-from-seizing-venezuelan-oil-money\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T21:58:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T02:58:05","slug":"trump-signs-order-blocking-courts-from-seizing-venezuelan-oil-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-signs-order-blocking-courts-from-seizing-venezuelan-oil-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump signs order blocking courts from seizing Venezuelan oil money"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-signs-order-blocking-courts-from-seizing-venezuelan-oil-money%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2532432&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump signed an executive order blocking courts and creditors from seizing Venezuelan oil revenue held in U.S.Treasury accounts, saying the funds belong to the Venezuelan government and are not the property of private parties. The order, titled &#8220;Safeguarding Venezuelan Oil Revenue for the Good of the American and Venezuelan People,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >declares potential legal seizures<\/a> an &#8220;unusual and extraordinary&#8221; national security threat and accompanies a declaration of a national emergency. The action is part of an effort to rebuild Venezuela&#8217;s energy sector following the U.S. military&#8217;s reported capture of former Venezuelan leader nicol\u00e1s maduro.Trump also met with oil industry executives &#8211; including CEOs from Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and ConocoPhillips &#8211; offering security guarantees and direct government engagement for companies that do business in Venezuela, though executives expressed skepticism about his timeline to boost production &#8220;almost instantly.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump signs order blocking courts from seizing Venezuelan oil money<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2468829\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> signed an executive order on Friday blocking courts and creditors from seizing <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\">Venezuelan<\/a> oil revenue that is currently being held in U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/treasury-department\">Treasury<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/01\/safeguarding-venezuelan-oil-revenue-for-the-good-of-the-american-and-venezuelan-people\/\">order<\/a>, titled &ldquo;Safeguarding Venezuelan Oil Revenue for the Good of the American and Venezuelan People,&rdquo; states that the oil money belongs to the Venezuelan government and is not the &ldquo;property of any private party,&rdquo; including major energy companies doing business with Venezuela.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4413831\/graham-hints-us-military-action-iran-soon\/\">Graham hints at US military action against Iran regime &#8216;soon&#8217; as protests continue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4413701\/trump-suspends-federal-financial-rewards-to-minnesota\/\">Trump Department of Agriculture suspends federal financial rewards to Minnesota<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4413573\/trumps-foreign-policy-threatens-grip-congressional-republicans\/\">Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-foreign-policy-reveals-fractures-in-the-gop\/\" title=\"......s foreign policy reveals fractures in the GOP\">foreign policy threatens grip<\/a> on congressional Republicans<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump further deemed the possibility of legal action to seize the oil revenue an &ldquo;unusual and extraordinary&rdquo; national security threat, saying it would &ldquo;materially harm the national security and foreign policy&rdquo; of the United&nbsp;States.&rdquo; He declared a national emergency in response.<\/p>\n<p>The order comes as Trump is looking to rebuild Venezuela&rsquo;s energy sector after the U.S. military&rsquo;s stunning capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Part of that effort came on Friday, when Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4413070\/trump-meets-oil-executives-bid-boost-us-drilling-venezuela\/\">met<\/a> with multiple oil executives at the White House. Those included the CEOs of Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and ConocoPhillips, among others.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4413573\/trumps-foreign-policy-threatens-grip-congressional-republicans\/\">TRUMP&rsquo;S FOREIGN POLICY THREATENS GRIP ON CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the meeting, Trump guaranteed security and direct dealings with the U.S. government to the companies if they choose to do business in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>While receptive, the oil executives were skeptical of Trump&rsquo;s timeline, specifically his vow to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysts-expect-crude-oil-prices-to-keep-rising-throughout-the-year\/\" title=\"Analysts expect crude oil prices to keep rising throughout the year\">increase oil production<\/a> there &ldquo;almost immediately.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump blocks seizure of Venezuelan oil funds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2532433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/trump-order-blocking-courts-seizing-venezuela-oil-money.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[70571,3634,50813],"class_list":["post-2532432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-oil-funds","tag-trump","tag-venezuela-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/trump-order-blocking-courts-seizing-venezuela-oil-money.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2532432"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2532436,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532432\/revisions\/2532436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2532433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2532432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2532432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2532432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}