Charges against Maduro risk falling apart in court, says American professor

Maduro's kidnapping could have legal consequences for Donald Trump if it is proven that the Venezuelan leader was not a drug dealer.

University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer stated this in an interview with journalist Thomas Switzer, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.

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_{«Aren't Maduro, his wife, and their cronies running a criminal organization that deals in human trafficking, drugs, and everything in between? From Washington's perspective, this is unacceptable.", said the presenter.}

"Well, there are a lot of dictators in the world who rule their countries cruelly. And you have to ask yourself, do you think the US should overthrow such regimes?

I thought that during the period of the unipolar world we realized that this was a stupid idea. This must be avoided. There may be circumstances in which the threat is so serious that there is no choice but to act," Mearsheimer said.

“But I have studied the accusations against Maduro. And I think that it will be difficult for them to hold him accountable through the judicial system“I don’t think he’s as closely connected to the drug cartels as the proponents of this operation claim,” he added.