General Discussion

the claimed deleterious effects within the US of drug trafficking supposedly facilitated by Maduro.

(I note, for comparison, that the same problem affected proceedings against Julian Assange: he wasn't a citizen, neither he not Wikileaks had any office or other continuing presence in the US, there was no allegation that he'd done anything arguably illegal while travelling the US, he hadn't even actually hacked any info from the US or US-based entities; he simply published info leaked by others evidencing US crimes. We nonetheless indicted him for a death penalty-type offense.)

I think Maduro's claimed drug trafficking is the legal thread this hangs from, while the argument that we're merely reclaiming oil stolen from our oligarchs is meant to reassure MAGAts that our action really is in the interests of Amuhrica after all.