Democrats criticized the U.S. military action that took place overnight Jan. 2, warning of broader consequences in the region and beyond.
“Let me be clear: Nicolás Maduro is an illegitimate dictator. But launching military action without congressional authorization and without a credible plan for what comes next is reckless,” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement.
“The administration has assured me three separate times that it was not pursuing regime change or taking military action in Venezuela,” Schumer said. “Clearly, they are not being straight with Americans.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that there was no need to get the legislative branch on board for the operation, in which U.S. forces captured Maduro in Venezuela and flew him to New York to be indicted.
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NY Times - Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota said on Monday that he was abandoning his bid for re-election to a third term, and Senator Amy Klobuchar, a fellow Democrat, is considering seeking the office, two people briefed on conversations between the two politicians said.
Mr. Walz and Ms. Klobuchar met on Sunday in Minnesota, where he informed her of his plans and she confirmed her interest in running to succeed him. For Mr. Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president in the 2024 election, the departure caps a brief rise in national politics.
Mr. Walz said a widening scandal over fraud in social services programs in Minnesota had persuaded him to drop out of the race. Mr. Walz had been criticized for his administration’s oversight of the programs, and its failure to prevent widespread fraud.
“I came to the conclusion that I can’t give a political campaign my all,” Mr. Walz said in a statement. “Every minute I spend defending my own political interests would be a minute I can’t spend defending the people of Minnesota against the criminals who prey on our generosity and the cynics who prey on our differences.”
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Everyone acknowledges Maduro stole the 2024 election in Venezuela, and that he is not a very good president. In other words very much like Trump. But I seriously doubt he is a major drug king pin. So kidnapping a president and killing 80 people to do it is a crime by the US. So Maduro is now in a jail cell in Brooklyn. Is the US a country of laws? If so Maduro needs a FAIR trial. I am really interested in whether the Justice Department will actually cooperate with the discovery process by which the government has to show its evidence to Maduro’s lawyers so they can actually defend their client in a courtroom. Will the government try him in an open courtroom in front of the media? I get the impression that Trump wants a kangaroo court since the charges are so weak that in a real trial Maduro will NOT be convicted. Knowing the legal process a bit, it is likely to be years before Maduro is tried, If Trump has a really good case, Maduro will go to trial in less than 2 years. Would Trump allow him to go home if he is acquitted? If Trump does his usual stuff the trial will be put off for more than 3 years ending up in the next President’s term. At that point the next president, if they are any kind of human being who follows the law, will have the charges dismissed and send him home. The actual weakness of the case is repeatedly shown by Trump claiming in the media that we want the oil, that it is about the oil, that it is our oil. I really want to see Trump have to testify under oath about what happened and why. Mostly I like the idea of him testifying under oath because it will immediately show the stupidity of the case, and Trump will immediately commit perjury so we can finally put him where he belongs, in jail, though with Trump’s mental deterioration I sort of doubt that he is competent to stand trial and will have to be held in a prison hospital until such time as he is compassionatley released to die at home
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