"This was not the kind of mission that you can do congressional notification on," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. "It's largely a law enforcement function. Remember, at the end of day, at its core, this was an arrest of two indicted fugitives of American justice, and the Department of War supported the Department of Justice in that job."

House Speaker Mike Johnson stated that they had remained "in constant communication with the President and his administration regarding the developments" in Venezuela.

Maduro and his wife have been indicted in New York on charges including conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices against the U.S.