NEW: @RichardGrenell met in Mexico last month with a close ally of @NicolasMaduro to try to convince the Venezuelan president to step down, which would have been a huge TRUMP win.

But it didn't work.

And some at the @StateDept worried it could backfire. https://t.co/my2uSVmyL7

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) October 22, 2020