Pam Bondi

They are also charged with.

bringing tons of drugs into this country maduro nicholas maduro is charged with over hundreds and hundreds of tons of cocaine flowing into our country and he's charged with working with not only tda but also sinaloa all the cartels in just pause for a moment colombia and

Venezuela, and what that means, Sean, is we know that this monster released countless defendants, prisons, insane asylums into our country.

It's not just about drugs.

The president saved thousands, countless lives tonight, countless lives with the drug trade, but he also protected Americans from the TDA members who Maduro let into our country

Force in our country.

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Pause it.

Nothing is off the table.

We are going to do everything under Donald Trump's direction to keep and make America safe.

Attorney General Pam Bondi says Nicolas Maduro and his wife will, quote, "...face the full wrath of American justice on American soil."

Bondi says they've been indicted in the Southern District of New York.

She says the charges against Maduro include "...narco-terrorism conspiracy."

conspiracy to import cocaine, and possession of machine guns and destructive devices.

The attorney general says the U.S.

military conducted an overnight operation to capture the alleged narco-traffickers.

Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee says he spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio after Lee raised questions about a constitutional basis for the U.S.

to act without explicit authorization from Congress.

Keri Johnson, NPR News, Washington.

Pam Bondi is breaking the law.