Here’s Trump Admin’s INSANE Charges Against Venezuela’s Maduro! w/ Max Blumenthal (The Jimmy Dore Show)

In this segment, Guest hosts Russell Dobular and Max Blumenthal of The Grayzone discuss the U.S. indictment against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and argue that the charges are a politically motivated fabrication built on vague allegations, retroactive terrorism designations, and testimony from coerced witnesses seeking reduced sentences.

Max says the charges, which range from narco-terrorism to 1934-era firearms violations, lack jurisdictional legitimacy under international law and are designed to justify U.S. regime-change policy rather than prosecute real crimes. Central to the case is former Venezuelan intelligence chief Hugo “El Pollo” Carvajal, portrayed as a compromised informant willing to say anything to avoid decades in prison, including claims aligning with Trump-era political narratives.

The two conclude that the trial is a test of whether the U.S. can override head-of-state immunity and international law to legitimize coercive foreign policy against Venezuela, and quite possibly other sovereign nations.



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, January 8, 2026.]