From Fox News:
Nicolás Maduro, the former far-left leader of Venezuela captured in a U.S. special forces operation over the weekend along with his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in court Monday on federal narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and firearms charges. The case has drawn comparisons to the similar downfall of Panama dictator Manuel Noriega in the 1980s and appears to illustrate a reorganization of American foreign policy priorities in President Donald Trump‘s second term. [scroll for more:]
The 92-year-old judge [presiding over the case] was nominated by then-President Bill Clinton in 1998 and has played a role in a number of high-profile legal decisions, including to release images from Abu Ghraib, the rejection of proposed civil settlements from Harvey Weinstein, and a copyright infringement case between The Associated Press and artist Shepard Fairey.