# Trump Announces Capture of Maduro in Venezuela Military Strike
President Donald Trump announced Saturday morning that the United States carried out a large-scale military strike against Venezuela, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flore, have been indicted on drug and weapons charges in the Southern District of New York. “They will soon face the full wrath of american justice on American soil in American courts,” she said.in a brief interview, trump told the New York Times “it was a brilliant operation” and that “a lot of good planning” went into it.
For months, the US military has been carrying out lethal strikes on alleged drug boats, prompting scrutiny from lawmakers. This latest strike inside Venezuela, along with the capture of Maduro, raises urgent questions about Trump’s legal authority to act.
When asked by the Times if he had sought congressional authority prior to Saturday’s action, Trump said he’d “discuss that” at an 11 a.m. ET news conference.
Andy Kim, a democratic senator from New Jersey, accused Secretary Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of lying to Congress, writng on X that they “looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change.”
“I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress,” he continued.”Trump rejected our Constitutionally required approval pr