Secretary of State Marco Rubio was not having it when Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada tried to get him to answer with “yes” or “no” to her questions.
During a Wednesday hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rosen wanted Rubio to concede that President Donald Trump’s decision to apprehend Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month to stand trial for drug trafficking charges was undermined by his recent pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández.
Hernández was convicted in 2024 of aiding in the trafficking of over 400 tons of cocaine into the United States during his time in office. He was sentenced to 45 years in jail.
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Trump pardoned him in November, saying on social media that Hernández had been “treated
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