{"id":491774,"date":"2026-01-04T12:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T12:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/491774\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T12:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T12:56:14","slug":"when-will-nicolas-maduro-made-first-court-appearance-in-u-s-nbc-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/491774\/","title":{"rendered":"When will Nicol\u00e1s Maduro made first court appearance in U.S.? \u2013 NBC New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro could make a court appearance in New York City as soon as Monday, two sources told NBC News, after the United States captured him in a surprise attack early today and flew him to New York.<\/p>\n<p>After having landed at a New York airport, Maduro was scheduled to be taken by helicopter to a location in New York City to be processed, then transferred to the detention center, two sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Federal law enforcement personnel stood watch outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn late Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The federal jail where Maduro is expected to be held pre-trial has had several high-profile recent inmates.<\/p>\n<p>Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs was jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, known as MDC for short, for a little more than a year before he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/sean-diddy-combs-federal-prison-rcna240980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was sentenced to over four years in federal prison<\/a>\u00a0in October.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe captured Venezuelan leader will be in the same facility that has housed other well-known criminal suspects, including Luigi Mangione.\u00a0 News 4&#8217;s Melissa Colorado looks at the charges Maduro faces.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Currently jailed at MDC is Luigi Mangione, the 27-year-old man\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/key-moments-luigi-mangiones-state-evidence-mini-trial-rcna249890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson<\/a>\u00a0in what federal prosecutors have called a cold-blooded targeted killing.<\/p>\n<p>Cryptocurrency exchange FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, now\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/business-news\/sam-bankman-fried-sentenced-25-years-prison-orchestrating-ftx-fraud-rcna145286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">serving 25 years in prison<\/a>\u00a0after being convicted of fraud, also was jailed at the MDC.<\/p>\n<p>On a media call Saturday afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Trump administration has not responded to his and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries\u2019 request for a so-called Gang of Eight briefing and a full congressional briefing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to know the administration\u2019s objectives, its plans to prevent a humanitarian and geopolitical disaster that plunges us into another endless war,\u201d Schumer told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer, who said he has not been briefed, said Congress has been kept \u201cin the total dark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress should not be sidelined as the Trump administration gets sucked into another nation-building quagmire, and we\u2019re going to hold them accountable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro could make a court appearance in New York City as soon as Monday, 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