Hours before Maduro’s first court appearance on federal criminal charges, a senior Justice Department official amplified a post speculating that the Venezuelan dictator would try to plead to lesser charges by proffering “evidence” that the 2020 U.S. election was stolen.

EXCLUSIVE: Remember "Release the kraken"? I just found out a Venezuelan dissident got Sidney Powell's star witness into the U.S. The dissident & his ex-CIA partner then gave Powell her stolen-election witness. And now they're feeding Trump the info behind his claims justifying war with Venezuela.