January 6, 2026 • 10 mins
Former President Biden allegedly offered a substantial reward, around $25 million, for the capture of Maduro. Could Secretary of War Pete Hegseth be a contender for this operation? Gregg explains the legal aspects of Nicolás Maduro’s indictment by the U.S., clarifying that the military’s actions did not violate international law, despite claims from some media outlets.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Always a step ahead of the news.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Here's more marked imone on seven to ten. WOI, Well,
let's turn down to the greatest legal analyst of all,
Greg Jarrett. You can read his latest column foxnews dot Com.
Also Greg Jarrett's books highly recommended Trial of the Century
and the Riveting Legal Trial Book You'll Ever Read. And
his latest book, The Constitution and Other Patriotic Documents, very
(00:26):
important book you should have in your library. Highly recommended,
Greg Jarrett.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
How you doing, Mark, I'm fine, Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
No, let's get to this Maduro stuff. It's violates international law,
it's illegal, it's against the Constitution. Is it any of
those things?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
No, it's none of those things. And the people who
were saying it are either profoundly stupid or they know
it and they're lying. You know, every president since World
War Two has ordered military action without congression consent because
short of declaring war, presidents don't need prior approval from Congress.
(01:07):
It's written in the Constitution, Article two, Section two grants
presidents who's commander in chief inherent power to direct military
strikes unilaterally. And you know, I hear some people violated
the War Powers Act. Well, read the War Powers Act.
It's not a prohibition. It is a reporting requirement, you know,
(01:31):
notify Congress within forty eight hours of taking military action,
and the resolution itself admits that the president has that right.
The president also, as I point out in my most
recent column, has another authority. It's called the take Care Clause.
It's in the Constitution, Section two, section three, actually the Constitution.
(01:58):
Under that document, the president is duty bound to faithfully
execute all laws. And so what does that mean. Well,
effatuating the arrest of a wanted fugitive is enforcing all laws,
capturing that person, bringing him to court to face justice,
seeking a prosecution, and punishment upon conviction. All of those
(02:20):
things the president is obligated to do. And look, if
Joe Biden had done it, these same Trump critics would
be cheering instead of denouncing President Trump. They only condemned
Trump because it's Trump, and that's all they stand for, really,
(02:41):
is just opposing everything he does. If the guy cured cancer,
they depose it for some invented reason.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Now he's in federal court, federal charges, federal custody. If
it were local, if it were Alvin Bragg with local charges,
he would be out already right with the no cash,
no base.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
What look take a look at the subsdiing indictment. It
is one scary document. If you're the defendant, they have
the goods on him. The document trail alone that they've
accumulated is enough to convict. And then you've got cooperating witnesses,
(03:22):
some of whom have already pled guilty as Maduro's co
conspirators in US courts, and you have highly incriminating tape recordings.
You put all of that together and it spells conviction.
And you know, you have to understand the Department of
Justice spent the better part of a decade meticulously gathering
(03:45):
the evidence against Maduro and his wife and all of
his cronies. They looted the Venezuelan government. They did a
lot of it through drug trafficking, murders, torture of women
and children, a whole host of crimes that falls under
the category of narco terrorism. So, you know, I'm always
(04:06):
reluctant to say it's a slam dunk case, But you know,
if I were you Maduro's defense attorney, I'd say, what
do you got to help the United States so that
we can play Let's make a deal.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Huh. So he does have attorneys now that are working
on this. Is that their only hope make a deal.
There's no actual defense.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Look, I mean they're they're going to pull the usual
stuff that norie get pulled. Is you know, he has
a very good lawyer, Barry Pollock, and you know he'll
do what Noriega's lawyers to challenge the capture and arrest
and the status of Maduro, claiming a violation of due process. Oh,
(04:52):
it's a violation of international law, whatever that means. And
you know they'll argue the US has not jery stiction
to prosecute him, the assert you know, head of state
immunity can't do it. Well, norie tried to pull that
nonsense and it didn't work. It failed miserably. He was convicted,
mostly because the Supreme Court has said, we don't care
(05:16):
who you are or how you got here into this courtroom.
You know, we treat paupers and potentates alike.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Well, that's not good for him. Hey, if you watch
fake news, all you keep here it's a violation of
international law, international law. Where exactly does this international law
come from.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Well, it's pretty much imaginary. One of the things they
point to. As you know I noted in my column,
is that, well, there is this United Nations Charter, Section two.
Parenthesis for that says, oh, you can't violate another country's verganty.
(06:02):
But read on and you see there are exceptions to it.
One of them's you know, active defense on behalf of
another nation. And you know here, when you know you're
flooding metric tons of cocaine in the United States, poisonous drugs,
you know, the US has a right to defend itself.
(06:23):
And you know, this guy Maduro was the head of
a narco terrorism cartel that was doing all of this.
So you know, look, as I said on the air
over the weekend, the United Nations is a feckless organization
and the UN Charter has only one valid use to
(06:45):
line the bottom of a bird cage.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Yeah, the UN is that organization over there on First
Avenue and forty fifth. They have no actual authority over.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Anything, do they No, they have no enforcement authority. No
serious person ever pays attention thing they do. And besides,
the United States has veto power in the UN Security Council,
and so you know, whatever they tried to do would
get vetoed. You know, I've never quite understood how the
(07:15):
UN has lasted as long as it has. You know,
maybe the intention was good, as it was with the
League of Nations that never got off the ground, but
in practice it's utterly worthless.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Yeah, make sure you go read Greg Jared's column. It's
up at foxnews dot com. Hey, you point out in
the column Joe Biden had offered a twenty five million
dollar reward for Maduro's arrest. Who was he thinking would
arrest him?
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Yeah? Yeah, I mean, you know, and when Biden was
running in twenty twenty, he excoriated Trump for doing nothing
about Maduro. And then, of course Biden took office and
did nothing about Maduro except put a bounty on his head,
chuck him, or stood on the floor of the United
States Senate when Trump was in office the first time around,
(08:09):
and railed against him for not getting rid of Maduro. So,
you know, in the second term, Trump does exactly what
Schumer demanded, and Schumer then, you know, denounces Trump for
doing what Schumer insisted that Trump should do. I mean,
these these people are knuckleheads, and they're you know, the
(08:29):
ultimate and hypocrites.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Hey, is somebody entitled this twenty five million dollar award.
Con Pete Hexith put in a claim for it, or
Donald Trump.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
I think when the military acts and law enforcement acts,
it doesn't really apply. But you know, I don't know
who knows. Trump may say, hey, I get the reward
and we're going to distribute it to members of the military. Well,
I don't object to that. Those guys are the best
in the world. You know, the Delta Force and all
(09:00):
of the other American forces that carried out this incredible
raid without injury to any of our military personnel. Truly remarkable.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Well, you read the column. It's a great column. It's
up at foxnews dot com. Just look for Greg Jarrett's
column and all of his columns there. Make sure you
get his books, the latest book, The Constitution and Other
Patriotic Documents. It's a book you should have in your library. Definitely,
you can go get at it.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Well, I'm going to send it to Chuck SCHUMERI might
come as a surprise to him. Apparently when he went
to law school he skipped constitutional law.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Yeah, well, it's a good idea. Somebody buy it and
send it to Chuck Schumer. It would be a good idea.
Greg Jarrett the best legal analyst of all. Thanks for
being with.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Us, my pleasure, Mark, Take care.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
All right, take care. Fascinating stuff. Yeah that you'll hear
this for the next week. You'll hear it on the
Sunday shows. Coming up this weekend. You'll hear the violation
of international law. Now there you go, the best legal
animals of all. There's no such thing as international law. Hey,
don't forget. Coming up at noon, it's Buck Sexton, Clay Travis.
(10:09):
That's a great show. You learn a lot of stuff
every day twelve noon. Then you got and everybody's back
by the way from vacation. You got the most listened
to radio show in America, Sean Hannity three o'clock. You
got Jesse Kelly at six, and everybody loves the New
Jimmy Faylors Show every night nine to midnight. Very good,
funny show, excellent nine to midnight. Right here on seven
(10:31):
ten WR
Always a step ahead of the news.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Here's more marked imone on seven to ten. WOI, Well,
let's turn down to the greatest legal analyst of all,
Greg Jarrett. You can read his latest column foxnews dot Com.
Also Greg Jarrett's books highly recommended Trial of the Century
and the Riveting Legal Trial Book You'll Ever Read. And
his latest book, The Constitution and Other Patriotic Documents, very
(00:26):
important book you should have in your library. Highly recommended,
Greg Jarrett.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
How you doing, Mark, I'm fine, Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
No, let's get to this Maduro stuff. It's violates international law,
it's illegal, it's against the Constitution. Is it any of
those things?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
No, it's none of those things. And the people who
were saying it are either profoundly stupid or they know
it and they're lying. You know, every president since World
War Two has ordered military action without congression consent because
short of declaring war, presidents don't need prior approval from Congress.
(01:07):
It's written in the Constitution, Article two, Section two grants
presidents who's commander in chief inherent power to direct military
strikes unilaterally. And you know, I hear some people violated
the War Powers Act. Well, read the War Powers Act.
It's not a prohibition. It is a reporting requirement, you know,
(01:31):
notify Congress within forty eight hours of taking military action,
and the resolution itself admits that the president has that right.
The president also, as I point out in my most
recent column, has another authority. It's called the take Care Clause.
It's in the Constitution, Section two, section three, actually the Constitution.
(01:58):
Under that document, the president is duty bound to faithfully
execute all laws. And so what does that mean. Well,
effatuating the arrest of a wanted fugitive is enforcing all laws,
capturing that person, bringing him to court to face justice,
seeking a prosecution, and punishment upon conviction. All of those
(02:20):
things the president is obligated to do. And look, if
Joe Biden had done it, these same Trump critics would
be cheering instead of denouncing President Trump. They only condemned
Trump because it's Trump, and that's all they stand for, really,
(02:41):
is just opposing everything he does. If the guy cured cancer,
they depose it for some invented reason.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Now he's in federal court, federal charges, federal custody. If
it were local, if it were Alvin Bragg with local charges,
he would be out already right with the no cash,
no base.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
What look take a look at the subsdiing indictment. It
is one scary document. If you're the defendant, they have
the goods on him. The document trail alone that they've
accumulated is enough to convict. And then you've got cooperating witnesses,
(03:22):
some of whom have already pled guilty as Maduro's co
conspirators in US courts, and you have highly incriminating tape recordings.
You put all of that together and it spells conviction.
And you know, you have to understand the Department of
Justice spent the better part of a decade meticulously gathering
(03:45):
the evidence against Maduro and his wife and all of
his cronies. They looted the Venezuelan government. They did a
lot of it through drug trafficking, murders, torture of women
and children, a whole host of crimes that falls under
the category of narco terrorism. So, you know, I'm always
(04:06):
reluctant to say it's a slam dunk case, But you know,
if I were you Maduro's defense attorney, I'd say, what
do you got to help the United States so that
we can play Let's make a deal.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Huh. So he does have attorneys now that are working
on this. Is that their only hope make a deal.
There's no actual defense.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Look, I mean they're they're going to pull the usual
stuff that norie get pulled. Is you know, he has
a very good lawyer, Barry Pollock, and you know he'll
do what Noriega's lawyers to challenge the capture and arrest
and the status of Maduro, claiming a violation of due process. Oh,
(04:52):
it's a violation of international law, whatever that means. And
you know they'll argue the US has not jery stiction
to prosecute him, the assert you know, head of state
immunity can't do it. Well, norie tried to pull that
nonsense and it didn't work. It failed miserably. He was convicted,
mostly because the Supreme Court has said, we don't care
(05:16):
who you are or how you got here into this courtroom.
You know, we treat paupers and potentates alike.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Well, that's not good for him. Hey, if you watch
fake news, all you keep here it's a violation of
international law, international law. Where exactly does this international law
come from.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Well, it's pretty much imaginary. One of the things they
point to. As you know I noted in my column,
is that, well, there is this United Nations Charter, Section two.
Parenthesis for that says, oh, you can't violate another country's verganty.
(06:02):
But read on and you see there are exceptions to it.
One of them's you know, active defense on behalf of
another nation. And you know here, when you know you're
flooding metric tons of cocaine in the United States, poisonous drugs,
you know, the US has a right to defend itself.
(06:23):
And you know, this guy Maduro was the head of
a narco terrorism cartel that was doing all of this.
So you know, look, as I said on the air
over the weekend, the United Nations is a feckless organization
and the UN Charter has only one valid use to
(06:45):
line the bottom of a bird cage.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Yeah, the UN is that organization over there on First
Avenue and forty fifth. They have no actual authority over.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Anything, do they No, they have no enforcement authority. No
serious person ever pays attention thing they do. And besides,
the United States has veto power in the UN Security Council,
and so you know, whatever they tried to do would
get vetoed. You know, I've never quite understood how the
(07:15):
UN has lasted as long as it has. You know,
maybe the intention was good, as it was with the
League of Nations that never got off the ground, but
in practice it's utterly worthless.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Yeah, make sure you go read Greg Jared's column. It's
up at foxnews dot com. Hey, you point out in
the column Joe Biden had offered a twenty five million
dollar reward for Maduro's arrest. Who was he thinking would
arrest him?
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Yeah? Yeah, I mean, you know, and when Biden was
running in twenty twenty, he excoriated Trump for doing nothing
about Maduro. And then, of course Biden took office and
did nothing about Maduro except put a bounty on his head,
chuck him, or stood on the floor of the United
States Senate when Trump was in office the first time around,
(08:09):
and railed against him for not getting rid of Maduro. So,
you know, in the second term, Trump does exactly what
Schumer demanded, and Schumer then, you know, denounces Trump for
doing what Schumer insisted that Trump should do. I mean,
these these people are knuckleheads, and they're you know, the
(08:29):
ultimate and hypocrites.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Hey, is somebody entitled this twenty five million dollar award.
Con Pete Hexith put in a claim for it, or
Donald Trump.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
I think when the military acts and law enforcement acts,
it doesn't really apply. But you know, I don't know
who knows. Trump may say, hey, I get the reward
and we're going to distribute it to members of the military. Well,
I don't object to that. Those guys are the best
in the world. You know, the Delta Force and all
(09:00):
of the other American forces that carried out this incredible
raid without injury to any of our military personnel. Truly remarkable.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Well, you read the column. It's a great column. It's
up at foxnews dot com. Just look for Greg Jarrett's
column and all of his columns there. Make sure you
get his books, the latest book, The Constitution and Other
Patriotic Documents. It's a book you should have in your library. Definitely,
you can go get at it.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Well, I'm going to send it to Chuck SCHUMERI might
come as a surprise to him. Apparently when he went
to law school he skipped constitutional law.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Yeah, well, it's a good idea. Somebody buy it and
send it to Chuck Schumer. It would be a good idea.
Greg Jarrett the best legal analyst of all. Thanks for
being with.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Us, my pleasure, Mark, Take care.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
All right, take care. Fascinating stuff. Yeah that you'll hear
this for the next week. You'll hear it on the
Sunday shows. Coming up this weekend. You'll hear the violation
of international law. Now there you go, the best legal
animals of all. There's no such thing as international law. Hey,
don't forget. Coming up at noon, it's Buck Sexton, Clay Travis.
(10:09):
That's a great show. You learn a lot of stuff
every day twelve noon. Then you got and everybody's back
by the way from vacation. You got the most listened
to radio show in America, Sean Hannity three o'clock. You
got Jesse Kelly at six, and everybody loves the New
Jimmy Faylors Show every night nine to midnight. Very good,
funny show, excellent nine to midnight. Right here on seven
(10:31):
ten WR
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