{"id":62969,"date":"2026-01-03T13:23:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-lawmakers-react-after-trump-announces-venezuela-operation-maduro-arrest\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T13:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:23:45","slug":"u-s-lawmakers-react-after-trump-announces-venezuela-operation-maduro-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-lawmakers-react-after-trump-announces-venezuela-operation-maduro-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. lawmakers react after Trump announces Venezuela operation, Maduro arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>United States leaders reacted early Saturday morning as President Trump confirmed <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/venezuela-us-military-strikes-maduro-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">overnight military strikes in Venezuela<\/a><\/span> and announced the capture of the country&#8217;s leader, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, and his wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump said Maduro and his wife had been flown out of Venezuela, but did not say where the pair were. Venezuelan officials have called for proof of life. The U.S. Army&#8217;s Delta Force, an elite special forces unit, carried out the operation to capture them, officials told CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro, 63, has led Venezuela since 2013. His most recent election was disputed by international observers and the U.S.\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuela-election-us-recognizes-edmundo-gonzalez-winner-raud-allegations-maduro\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">recognized<\/a><\/span>\u00a0opposition candidate Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez as the winner. The U.S. imposed sanctions against election officials for allegedly rigging the outcome, but Maduro was still\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuela-maria-corina-machado-detained-before-nicolas-maduro-swearing-in\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">sworn in<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for a third term in January.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Saturday morning that Maduro and his wife have been indicted in the Southern District of New York on narco-terrorism charges.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear whether the nation&#8217;s top lawyer was referring only to charges contained in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/nicol-s-maduro-moros-and-14-current-and-former-venezuelan-officials-charged-narco-terrorism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">indictment filed against the Venezuelan leader<\/a> in 2020, or if there would be new or different charges filed in an indictment Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, federal prosecutors alleged that Maduro and other senior Venezuelan government officials collaborated with the Colombian guerrilla group Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or FARC, to traffic cocaine and weapons to the United States<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department also accused Maduro of leading a criminal organization called C\u00e1rtel de Los Soles in 2020. The Trump administration designated the group as a\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/uss-gerald-ford-aircraft-carrier-arrives-caribbean-buildup-venezuela\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">foreign terrorist organization<\/a><\/span>\u00a0last year, though experts have\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuela-cartel-de-los-soles-us-designation-terrorist-organization-what-is-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">questioned that characterization<\/a><\/span>. The U.S. has been offering a\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/trump-doubles-reward-to-50-million-for-arrest-of-venezuelas-president-to-face-us-drug-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">$50 million reward<\/a><\/span> for information leading to Maduro&#8217;s capture. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senate Intelligence Chair Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/2007419529048007012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> he had spoken to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, &#8220;who confirmed that Maduro is in U.S. custody and will face justice for his crimes against our citizens.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cotton said that Venezuela&#8217;s interim government &#8220;must now decide whether to continue the drug trafficking and colluding with adversaries like Iran and Cuba or whether to act like a normal nation and return to the civilized world.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I urge them to choose wisely,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Utah Sen. Mike Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/2007395531023352319?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> that he also spoke with Rubio, who said that Maduro would be brought to the U.S. Lee also said that Rubio &#8220;anticipates no further action in Venezuela now that Maduro is in U.S. custody.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lee added that the operation &#8220;likely falls within the president&#8217;s inherent authority under Article II of the Constitution to protect U.S. personnel from an actual or imminent attack,&#8221; but did not offer any other details.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Democrat lawmakers criticized the Trump administration for acting unilaterally.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Andy Kim, a Democrat from New Jersey, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatorAndyKim\/status\/2007399987596906501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> that Mr. Trump &#8220;rejected our Constitutionally required approval process for armed conflict because the Administration knows the American people overwhelmingly reject risks pulling our nation into another war.&#8221; Kim also accused Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of lying to Congress when they met with leaders last month about <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/house-war-powers-votes-trump-venezuela-boat-land-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">fatal strikes on alleged drug vessels<\/a><\/span> and said the Trump administration&#8217;s goal was not regime change.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without authorization from Congress, and with the vast majority of Americans opposed to military action, Trump just launched an unjustified, illegal strike on Venezuela,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMcGovern\/status\/2007381598912819213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> Massachusetts Democrat Jim McGovern.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/poll-venezuela-u-s-military-action-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS News poll in November<\/a><\/span> found that 70% of Americans would oppose the U.S. taking military action in Venezuela, and 75% said the Trump administration would need Congressional approval. 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