Far too long, the Venezuelan people have lived under a dictator who is a criminal, a drug trafficker who went through position operations, a position in Venezuela and used those positions for his own profit, for his cronies, and he hijacked that government. He [Maduro] was never the legitimate leader. He is not the rightful president. Indeed, he is a criminal that has now been brought here to the United States to face justice, as he should have been a long time ago. (09:15–09:23)
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Asserts that Maduro was never the legitimate leader or rightful president of Venezuela.
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