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FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino’s last day was today. Last year, Bongino announced he would be stepping down in January, but that day has now arrived. Bongino, in a post on X, wrote, “Tomorrow I return to civilian life. It’s been an incredible year thanks to the leadership and decisiveness of President Trump.” Take a look: It was a busy last day on the job. This will be my last post on this account. Tomorrow I return to civilian life. It’s been an incredible year thanks to the leadership and decisiveness of President Trump. It was the honor of a lifetime to work with Director Patel, and to serve… https://t.co/ETUqiYXvLH — Dan Bongino (@FBIDDBongino) January 4, 2026 Full text: It was a busy last day on the job. This will be my last post on this account. Tomorrow I return to civilian life. It’s been an incredible year thanks to the leadership and decisiveness of President Trump. It was the honor of a lifetime to work with Director Patel, and to serve you, the American people. See you on the other side. -Dan Here’s Bongino back in August explaining the difficulties of his role: FBI: Bongino said he gave up everything for to serve as deputy director, his wife is struggling, and he spends his days alone in DC, separated from her and finding it hard. pic.twitter.com/4PGXwFAaDC — @amuse (@amuse) August 31, 2025 MSN reported that Trump believes Bongino will return to his show: FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino confirmed Wednesday he has resigned his position. Bongino’s announcement comes mere hours after Trump appeared to announce his imminent departure while speaking with reporters under the wing of Air Force One on Wednesday. The President said, ‘Dan did a great job. I think he wants to go back to his show,’ apparently in reference to his previous role as a conservative commentator. Watch Trump here: President Trump on Dan Bongino: “Dan did a great job. I think he wants to go back to his show.”pic.twitter.com/TUfdsjuctE — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 17, 2025

This is just in. Venezuela’s Supreme Court has appointed the Vice President under Nicolas Maduro as the interim President. The move by the Supreme Court comes less than 24 hours after U.S. Special Forces captured former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Reuters broke the story and provided the following details: The Constitutional Chamber of Venezuela’s Supreme Court ordered on Saturday that Vice President Delcy Rodríguez assume the role of acting president of the country in the absence of Nicolás Maduro, who was detained early Saturday morning in an operation by U.S. forces. The court ruling said that Rodríguez would assume “the office of President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in order to guarantee administrative continuity and the comprehensive defense of the Nation.” Here she is: BREAKING: Venezuela’s Supreme Court appoints Delcy Rodríguez as acting president pic.twitter.com/u3dVh3apLS — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 4, 2026 The Associated Press reported that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already been in contact with the now President of Venezuela: Venezuelans on Saturday scrambled to understand who was in charge of their country after the U.S. military captured President Nicolás Maduro, ousting the strongman who had outlasted a botched coup attempt, several army mutinies, mass protests and economic sanctions in the vast nation of 29 million. “What will happen tomorrow?” asked Juan Pablo Petrone, a resident of Venezuela’s capital of Caracas. As fear gripped the city, streets quickly emptied save for long lines snaking from supermarkets and gas stations. “What will happen in the next hour?” President Donald Trump offered a shocking answer: The United States would take control of Venezuela, perhaps in coordination with one of Maduro’s most trusted aides. Delcy Rodríguez, who is next in the presidential line of succession, served as Maduro’s vice president since 2018, overseeing much of Venezuela’s oil-dependent economy as well as its feared intelligence service. On Saturday, Venezuela’s high court ordered her to assume the role of interim president. “She’s essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again,” Trump told reporters of Rodríguez, who faced U.S. sanctions during Trump’s first administration for her role in undermining Venezuelan democracy. In a major snub, Trump said opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who was awarded last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, didn’t have the support to run the country. Trump said Rodríguez had a long conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in which Trump claimed she said, “‘We’ll do whatever you need.’” “I think she was quite gracious,” Trump added. “We can’t take a chance that somebody else takes over Venezuela that doesn’t have the good of the Venezuelan people in mind.”

The supposed allies of Venezuela have given their response to the United States’ capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. Shortly after President Trump announced Nicolas Maduro was captured by U.S. special forces, both China and Russia issued statements condemning the U.S. actions. In both Russia’s and China’s statements, the two countries claimed the U.S. violated international law. Yahoo Finance gave direct quotes from a Beijing spokesperson: China said it’s “deeply shocked” by the US’s military strikes on Venezuela and its capture of President Nicolas Maduro. China “strongly condemns the US’s blatant use of force against a sovereign state and action against its president,” a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement late Saturday. “Such hegemonic acts of the US seriously violate international law and Venezuela’s sovereignty, and threaten peace and security in Latin America and the Caribbean region. China firmly opposes it.” China the biggest buyer of oil from the South American country, as well as its largest creditor — is the latest in a string of global leftist nations including Brazil, Russia, Colombia, Mexico and Cuba that have denounced the US military action against Venezuela. In the run-up to Saturday’s strike, Beijing had offered its support to the Maduro regime following months of growing pressure from the Trump administration. “We call on the US to abide by international law and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and stop violating other countries’ sovereignty and security,” the ministry in Beijing said. Take a look: China is deeply shocked by and strongly condemns the U.S.’s blatant use of force against a sovereign state and action against its president. Such hegemonic acts of the U.S. seriously violate international law and Venezuela’s sovereignty, and threaten peace and security in Latin… pic.twitter.com/wjfRMhvNKP — CHINA MFA Spokesperson 中国外交部发言人 (@MFA_China) January 3, 2026 Full text: China is deeply shocked by and strongly condemns the U.S.’s blatant use of force against a sovereign state and action against its president. Such hegemonic acts of the U.S. seriously violate international law and Venezuela’s sovereignty, and threaten peace and security in Latin America and the Caribbean region. China firmly opposes it. We call on the U.S. to abide by international law and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and stop violating other countries’ sovereignty and security. The Hill reported on Russia’s response: Russia is offering stark criticism of the U.S. military attack on Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro. In response, Russia called for a full meeting of the United Nations Security Council. “This morning, the United States carried out an act of armed aggression against Venezuela. This causes deep concern and condemnation,” Russia said in a statement from its Foreign Ministry. “The pretexts cited to justify such actions are unfounded. Ideologized hostility has prevailed over practical pragmatism and over a willingness to build relations based on trust and predictability,” Russian officials wrote, nearly five years into the nation’s own war in Ukraine. Russia, a key ally of the Maduro regime, said it was crucial to “prevent further escalation and to focus on finding a way out through dialogue.” “We proceed from the understanding that all parties who may have claims against one another should seek solutions through dialogue-based approaches. We are ready to support them in this,” the ministry said. “Latin America must remain a zone of peace, as it declared itself in 2014. Venezuela must be guaranteed the right to determine its own destiny without any destructive, especially military, interference from outside,” it wrote. “We reaffirm our solidarity with the Venezuelan people and our support for the course of its Bolivarian leadership aimed at defending the country’s national interests and sovereignty.” In view of the confirmed reports about Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his spouse being in the US, we strongly urge the US leadership to reconsider their position & release the legitimately elected president of a sovereign country and his spousehttps://t.co/mZPc8wZEZ9 pic.twitter.com/9VSgpdeSnp — MFA Russia (@mfa_russia) January 3, 2026

Venezuela’s (now former?) dictator Nicolas Maduro has arrived in New York City after being captured in a special operation last night. This evening, he was perp-walked into the New York City DEA office. Here’s the glorious clip of that: Maduro perp walk. pic.twitter.com/e1Maaun5EK — Paul Mauro (@PaulDMauro) January 4, 2026 Previously, Maduro arrived at the office in an armored motorcade. Watch that moment here: BREAKING: Narco-terrorist dictator Nicolas Maduro has arrived at the DEA office in New York City. Justice is coming. The find out part of FAFO. pic.twitter.com/C6IjgOOCv2 — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 4, 2026 After being processed at the DEA office, he is now being flown in a helicopter to his next stop: the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. This is the same notorious jail where both Ghislaine Maxwell and Sean “Diddy” Combs were held. CNN noted: A helicopter believed to be carrying Nicolás Maduro has departed from a Manhattan heliport and is en route to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after the captured Venezuelan leader was processed at a federal facility. Authorities could be seen on video footage leading a figure wearing dark clothes and a hood to a helicopter. Remember: Key figures in high-profile federal cases, including Sean “Diddy” Combs and Sam Bankman-Fried, have been held at the Brooklyn facility. Maduro is set to face drugs and weapons charges in a Manhattan federal court next week. Poetically, the helicopter could be seen flying past the Statue of Liberty. See here: JUST IN: INCREDIBLY symbolic footage as Nicolas Maduro is flown by US federal agents past the STATUE OF LIBERTY in New York City to face justice for his heinous crimes And it all happened under President Donald Trump! We are witnessing history right now pic.twitter.com/u9waYlIJg0 — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 4, 2026 More footage and videos from Maduro’s arrival in the United States have also been released. Take a look: BREAKING: Video of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro’s first steps off the plane in the United States has been released Dude looks absolutely HUMILIATED And it’s going to get much, MUCH worse for him from here pic.twitter.com/xD8eHRWW3D — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 4, 2026 JUST IN: Photos released of Maduro giving a THUMBS UP to the cameras flanked by federal agents in the US He seems awfully happy to be facing life in prison. TIME FOR A SWIFT CONVICTION! pic.twitter.com/P8WsP3oRex — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 4, 2026 Maduro’s nightmare is just beginning. Now, it’s time to face the music. Fox News reports that his arraignment will likely happen on Monday: Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro could make an initial appearance in federal court in Manhattan as soon as this coming Monday, Fox News is told. The timing could change at this stage, but his appearance will happen “likely Monday,” Fox News learned. President Donald Trump said the U.S. carried out a strike on Venezuela early Saturday and captured Maduro and his wife, who have been flown out of the country. Attorney General Pam Bondi reiterated that Maduro and his wife had already been indicted in the Southern District of New York. What can I say? FAFO.

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