Overview
- On Monday’s broadcast, the panel reacted to the weekend U.S. operation that captured Nicolás Maduro and transported him to New York for arraignment.
- Sunny Hostin, a former federal prosecutor, argued the extraction violated international law without congressional authorization and cited reports of dozens of deaths in the raid.
- Ana Navarro celebrated Maduro’s removal as a joyful moment for Venezuelans yet questioned Trump’s motives, pointing to immigration actions and his pardon of ex–Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández.
- Navarro and Hostin agreed it is possible to welcome accountability for Maduro while demanding scrutiny of how the operation was carried out and what it means going forward.
- Entertainment Weekly noted a Justice Department indictment alleging Maduro’s role in narcotrafficking, and reported Trump’s claim that the U.S. would now run Venezuela until a transition, with outside observers speculating about oil interests.