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Marco Rubio: “An indicted drug trafficker who was not the legitimate…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Marco Rubio, Sen. Chris Van Hollen and more | "Face the Nation" Full Broadcast - Jan. 4, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 07:09

I do think this is one of the most daring, complicated, sophisticated missions this country has carried out in a very long time. Tremendous credit to the US military personnel who did it. It was unbelievable and tremendous success. And today, An indicted drug trafficker who was not the legitimate president of Venezuela, who we don't recognize, the Biden administration didn't recognize, 60 something countries don't recognize, the European Union doesn't recognize, and many countries in Latin America don't recognize. He was a convict, he was indicted drug trafficker. He was arrested, his wife was arrested. But the others, the others who are also indicted are still in the system of courts. (07:09–07:23)

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Asserts that Nicolás Maduro is not recognized as the legitimate president of Venezuela by multiple entities, including the Biden administration, the European Union, and many Latin American countries.

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