Fact-check: “Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) announces she has been working with foreign countries to supply oil to Cuba, in defiance of President Trump. This is a violation of the Logan Act.”
Verdict: Misleading (62% confidence)
The exact wording attributed to Jayapal could not be confirmed in any documented source, but Jayapal made a substantively similar statement in a May 2026 briefing, reported by Mediaite on May 6, 2026. Specifically, she stated she 'was in conversations with the ambassadors from Mexico and some other places' and that other Latin American countries were 'trying to figure out how to get oil there,' which substantively matches the 'working with foreign countries to supply oil to Cuba' element of the…
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