Fox's Jonathan Turley Mocks Maduro for Claiming He's Still President While in Prison Jumpsuit'

"I'm still president of my country."

"Well, his statement in court was remarkable that he's still the president of his country. You would think that the prison jumpsuit would disabuse him of that concept, but certainly over 50 countries around the world would not accept that. And I don't think the court will either. This is Noriega 2.0. I mean, he is going to be arguing that he is still the head of state entitled to immunity. I just think very few people believe that's true. And he's in a worse position than Noriega. So I expect that they're going to stick the landing on this. This is going to go to trial, and he stands an excellent chance of being convicted. I mean, the only scarier thing than that operation for Maduro should be the superseding indictment. I mean, they have a lot on him more than most of us imagine."

"Well, I was baffled by all of the Democratic members that came out and said this was clearly illegal. There's existing case precedent. Much of it was laid-, the foundation of that was laid by Bill Barr. I mean, this is in many ways a case that was built on the foundation that Bill Barr laid. And you see that coming out of the Noriega cases that these arguments failed. This is solidly within those navigational beacons to hold him for trial, he argued. They have not only these recordings that they say show him taking an active role in the criminal enterprise, but this wasn't just simply a criminal enterprise, this was a family enterprise. And so you've got his son, his wife, facing very strong evidence"

Nicolas Maduro asserted he remains Venezuela's president while appearing in court wearing a prison jumpsuit. Legal commentator Jonathan Turley ridiculed that claim, calling the situation "Noriega 2.0," predicting Maduro will argue head-of-state immunity but facing long odds. Turley said the case is likely to go to trial and that Maduro stands an excellent chance of conviction, noting a potentially damaging superseding indictment. Turley referenced existing case precedent tied to Bill Barr and the Noriega decisions. Prosecutors reportedly possess recordings alleging Maduro's active role in a criminal, family-run enterprise, with relatives facing strong evidence.

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