On the evening of Tuesday, January 13, 2026, ten days after the Donald Trump administration’s kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, The Wall Street Journal ran an exclusive report asserting that “the support of the Venezuelan opposition led by Maria Corina Machado for U.S. action to oust Nicolás Maduro helped President Trump’s legal case to overthrow him.” The report cited “people familiar with the matter” who in turn cited redacted portions of a December 23, 2025 opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) which the Justice Department had released that Tuesday afternoon....
















