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Ted Cruz: “Noriega was arrested. They brought him to the United States…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Maduro Arrested-Why Trump Ordered this Historic Attack & the Detailed Legal Basis for his Authori...

Published | Video Starts at 37:14

So President Trump decided to apprehend Maduro on the 26th anniversary of when I met my wife, which was kind of an interesting, interesting coincidence. The Noriega example is, I think, quite compelling. And what happened? Noriega was arrested. They brought him to the United States. They prosecuted him. He was convicted. He was sentenced to 40 years, and he died in prison. He ultimately died, but there was litigation over does the president have the authority to send in the military to arrest a corrupt Latin American dictator who's a drug dealer? (37:14–37:26)

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