Amodei silent as NV congressional colleagues condemn Trump-ordered regime change

By: Dana Gentry

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: January 6, 2026

Words: 1,148

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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Nevada’s sole Republican congressman, Rep. Mark Amodei, had as of Monday evening yet to comment on the military capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro or President Donald Trump’s assertion the country and its oil production industry are under U.S. control.

Maduro and his wife, captured Saturday in Caracas by an elite U.S. military squad, entered pleas of not guilty Monday in New York to charges of trafficking cocaine.

Amodei’s office did not …

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