Nicholas Maduro is back at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after a dramatic appearance in federal court.

When asked to confirm his identity by the judge, quote, are you Nicholas Maduro Moros?

Maduro responded in Spanish, I am Nicholas Maduro Moros, president of Venezuela.

I am here because I have been kidnapped since Saturday. I was captured at my home

in Caracas. At which point, the judge interrupted saying there will be time to address this

through motions. This is not typical for these sorts of arraignments. Then asking for his plea,

Maduro responded, I am a decent man, I am innocent, I am not guilty.

Then as the hearing rapped, when Maduro stood up to exit the courtroom, a man behind him

provoked him in Spanish saying, you will pay. Maduro turned around and responded back in

Spanish, telling him, I am a man of God, I am a prisoner of war.

It has not even been 72 hours since Maduro and his wife were taken from their home in their

pajamas seconds before trying to lock themselves into a steel safe room, taken from a palace

with all the comforts of an authoritarian to a notorious jail, infamous

for what federal judges have called barbaric conditions, allegations of freezing temperatures,

brown water, cockroaches on the food, mold in the shower, and medical conditions that go untreated.

Conditions victims of Maduro's regime will have no sympathy toward

as those who fled Venezuela and those who remain celebrate his downfall. But what exactly

happens to Venezuela now? Maduro is gone, yes, but his regime is still very much in place

and it's still sounding a lot like the guy who was just arraigned, saying Maduro is innocent,

and he's still the president. All right, ready. Whoa, wait's better.

But I cannot abide the actions of the political leadership in Washington.

These opportunists are willing to hurt our people to score cheap points.

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