Former Florida Congressman David Rivera speaks to the media outside the James Lawrence King Federal Justice building before Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies in his case on March 24, 2026, in Miami, Florida. It’s Monday, May 4, and former Miami congressman David Rivera finally found a scandal he couldn’t shake. Rivera, 60, is in jail awaiting sentencing after he was found guilty Friday of secretly lobbying for the autocratic regime of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.