Maduro’s Arraignment Begins
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By forcibly bringing the ousted President and his wife into jurisdiction of U.S. federal courts, Trump will now have to accept that at least two Venezuelans deserve the basic right to due process.
Military.com was present in the room when ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were arraigned on narco-terrorism charges.
Our criminal justice reporter Jonah E. Bromwich describes the scene as Nicolás Maduro, the captive president of Venezuela, pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan, and what is set to happen next.
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‘Have Fun in Jail’
As the hearing finished and Maduro stood to leave, spectators jeered at him in Spanish, a liberty that—had they taken it in Venezuela just last week—would probably have landed them in prison, or worse. “Have fun in jail,” one said. “On behalf of all Venezuelans, you will pay,” shouted another. One woman was even more blunt: “Damn you.”
Maduro, captured by U.S. troops during a military raid in Caracas, was arraigned Monday in the Southern District of New York.
ABC News' James Longman reports there is "a sense that not much perhaps has changed in Venezuela" after ousted leader Nicolas Maduro was arraigned in court after his capture.
Nicolás Maduro pleads not guilty in federal court, a milestone long foreshadowed by insider allegations previously reported by DX.
Protesters gathered outside Manhattan’s federal court Jan. 5 during Nicolás Maduro’s arraignment, split between anti-U.S. intervention and support for Trump.