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Rhiannon12866

(250,372 posts)
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:10 AM Tuesday

Ex-FBI Agent BREAKS DOWN why Top Charge May NOT HOLD - Legal AF



Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro appeared in federal court with his wife Cilia Flores on Monday to plead not guilty to narcotics trafficking charges. Ex-FBI agent Frank Figliuzzi questioned the premise of the top count against Maduro: a narco-terrorism conspiracy, arguing that the phrase has been stretched beyond recognition.

"We have a label we slapped on Maduro and his regime: You're all terrorists," Figliuzzi said. "Okay. Then I go back to the definition of terrorism, which is the use or threatened use of violence to intimidate or coerce or influence a government. For ideological purposes." Stay tuned for part two of the interview. - 01/05/2026.

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Ex-FBI Agent BREAKS DOWN why Top Charge May NOT HOLD - Legal AF (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Tuesday OP
Bondi isn't the brightest bulb on the tree. sheshe2 Tuesday #1
Not to mention, she's ill tempered, augmentative and refuses to let anyone else get a word in Rhiannon12866 Tuesday #2
Oh yeah, all that too. sheshe2 Tuesday #3

sheshe2

(95,937 posts)
1. Bondi isn't the brightest bulb on the tree.
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:35 AM
Tuesday

As a lawyer she is almost as good as Halligan, Habba Dabba Doo and Shapiro. Their success rate at trial is pretty dismal.

Rhiannon12866

(250,372 posts)
2. Not to mention, she's ill tempered, augmentative and refuses to let anyone else get a word in
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:42 AM
Tuesday

And, under the felon-in-chief, she's abandoned the rule of law.

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