By James Fanelli
A defiant Nicolás Maduro told a judge at his arraignment that he was innocent of the criminal charges against him.
"I am innocent. I'm not guilty. I'm a decent man. I'm still the president of my country," Maduro said through a translator in the Manhattan courtroom.
Earlier in the proceeding, Judge Alvin Hellerstein had Maduro stand and asked him, "Are you sir, Nicolás Maduro Moros?"
Maduro responded in Spanish, telling a judge through a translator that he was captured at his home in Caracas, Venezuela.
The judge then interjected, telling the ousted president, "There'll be a time and place to go into all of this."
"Your counsel will be able to make motions addressing the legal sufficiency of what was done," he added.
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