I think this is the REAL REASON why the Trump administration has now escalated its legal battle over the deportation of Venezuelan illegal gang members to the U.S. Supreme Court. This isn’t just some immigration case - this is how they plan to tie together EVERYTHING from election fraud to national security to judicial blackmail. Why? Because it all started in Venezuela. Read on.
Former CIA officer Gary Berntsen, one of the most highly decorated intelligence veterans in recent U.S. history, has come forward to confirm that the Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) has been deliberately deployed into the United States by the Venezuelan regime, with the express intent of destabilizing the country through sabotage and violence.
According to Berntsen, Tren de Aragua is no longer just a violent street gang. Their core leadership and operational cells have undergone paramilitary training under the guidance of Venezuelan intelligence and military officials, aided in part by Cuban intelligence operatives and narco-terrorist networks throughout Latin America.
Quoting Berntsen, Miami Herald journalist Antonio Delgado wrote:
“The Venezuelan regime has assumed operational control of these guys [Tren de Aragua] and has trained 300 of them; they have given them paramilitary training, training them to fire weapons and how to conduct sabotage. They have given them all like a four- to six-week course. They put these 300 guys through that course, and then they were deploying them into the United States to 20 separate states.”
Berntsen explained that sabotage includes acts such as arson, and that recent patterns of mysterious industrial fires, wildfires, and urban blazes—notably in Los Angeles and other key areas—could plausibly be linked to these foreign-trained operatives.
BERNTSEN: “Many of these wildfires, industrial fires, the Los Angeles fires, taking advantage of wind and the local conditions, were started by arsonists. How many of them were paid or coerced by TdA or their surrogates?”
Even more disturbing than the operation itself is the claim that elements within the CIA have deliberately ignored or buried this intelligence. Berntsen revealed that two current CIA officials recently leaked false information to The New York Times, claiming there is no intelligence connecting Tren de Aragua to the Venezuelan government. Remember how they said the same thing about voting machine fraud in the United States?
But Berntsen says otherwise—and he has proof.
BERNTSEN: “The CIA doesn’t have the information because they refused to look at it. We tried to brief them about this three years ago, but they were directed by the Biden Administration to ignore it. And now those officials are trying to undermine President Trump.”
According to Berntsen, he has already shared intelligence and source material with the Trump administration of the ties between Tren de Aragua, Venezuelan and Cuban intelligence services, the CCP and high-level narco-terrorist operations.
In addition, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro now claims that President Biden told him to “dump” Venezuelan migrants into America—and claims he has proof.
“Don’t get mad at us,” Maduro said, “Biden asked for it.”
Gary Berntsen also claims that he has volumes of supporting evidence to prove that the Venezuelan cartel conducts election fraud all over the world from their Smartmatic "division.” Guess which electronic voting system company used across America has strong connections with Smartmatic?*
On Friday, March 28, 2025, the Trump administration petitioned the Supreme Court to allow the deportation of Venezuelan gangsters under the Alien Enemies Act. President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II to justify these deportations. The administration seeks to deport individuals suspected of being Venezuelan gang affiliates, particularly members of the Tren de Aragua gang.
The Trump administration argued that the situation is too pressing to delay while lower courts deliberate.
The Supreme Court has requested that lawyers representing the Venezuelan nationals respond to the Justice Department's request by April 1, 2025.
The conflict began when President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act on March 15, 2025, claiming the gang posed a national security threat akin to an "invasion."
The Alien Enemies Act allows President Trump to do just that:
Alien Enemies Act of 1798
"Whenever there is a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or government, and the President makes public proclamation of the event, all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government, being of the age of fourteen years and upward, who shall be within the United States and not actually naturalized, shall be liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed as alien enemies. The President is authorized in any such event, by his proclamation thereof, or other public act, to direct the conduct to be observed on the part of the United States, toward the aliens who become so liable; the manner and degree of the restraint to which they shall be subject and in what cases, and upon what security their residence shall be permitted, and to provide for the removal of those who, not being permitted to reside within the United States, refuse or neglect to depart therefrom; and to establish any other regulations which are found necessary in the premises and for the public safety."
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued a 14-day restraining order on March 15, halting deportations under this law, arguing that it did not justify Trump's assertion of wartime conditions.
Despite this, two flights carrying 238 Venezuelans landed in El Salvador because the flights were outside U.S. airspace when Boasberg's written order was issued, thus not subject to it.
The Supreme Court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, has now been asked by the Trump administration to overturn Boasberg's block and allow deportations to resume.
The administration argues that national security decisions should rest with the executive branch, not the judiciary. Trump is offering SCOTUS the opportunity to correct the judiciaries transgression into the president's Article II powers on its terms.
"This case presents fundamental questions about who decides how to conduct sensitive national-security-related operations in this country—the President, through Article II, or the Judiciary."
The American Civil Liberties Union, defending the Venezuelan illegals, has filed a lawsuit challenging this use of the Alien Enemies Act, asserting it deprives these gang members, here illegally, of their constitutional rights.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25872800-24a931/
What will the Supreme Court do?
STEPHEN MILLER: “You cannot have the judiciary acting as somehow a higher branch of government in which all three branches are co-equal.
There are 677 local district judges. Under current procedure, the president needs unanimous consent from all 677 to implement a major decision. If just ONE Communist out of 677 unelected judges disagrees, the action is frozen. Nationwide. That is not democracy. That is tyranny."
My BIG question is - will the Trump administration’s case before the Supreme Court about the NATIONAL SECURITY threat from Venezuela FINALLY allow the Trump administration to publicly present ALL THE EVIDENCE they have of Venezuela gang infiltration in America, their ties to the CCP, the use of voting machine election manipulation in America and of American judges being bribed or blackmailed or threatened to cover that up? I certainly hope so. Wouldn’t that be a hoot! The timing couldn’t be better.
*Smartmatic, founded in 2000 by Venezuelan engineers and now based in London, acquired Sequoia Voting Systems in 2005. Sequoia was a U.S.-based provider of electronic voting machines. In 2007, due to scrutiny from the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) over Smartmatic’s Venezuelan origins, Smartmatic sold Sequoia to a group of U.S. managers. In 2010, Dominion, a Canadian-founded company now headquartered in Denver, purchased Sequoia’s assets, including some intellectual property and contracts, after Sequoia faced financial difficulties.
This shared history with Sequoia is the primary factual link between the two companies. However, both Smartmatic and Dominion have consistently stated they are competitors, not collaborators. The only known business interaction occurred in 2009, when Smartmatic licensed optical scanning machines from Dominion for a Philippines election project—a one-off deal unrelated to U.S. operations. Allegedly, Smartmatic’s technology was used only in Los Angeles County, while Dominion’s systems operated in 28 states. Dominion is a U.S.-based company, majority-owned since 2018 by Staple Street Capital, a private equity firm.
Sequoia could be a potential cut-out: Smartmatic sells it in 2007 under CFIUS pressure, it flips to U.S. managers, then Dominion scoops it up in 2010. On paper, it’s a clean break—different owners, different times. But if you squint, it could look like a handoff to distance Smartmatic while keeping influence intact, especially since Dominion inherited some Sequoia tech. Staple Street Capital, Dominion’s majority owner, adds another layer—private equity firms are notorious for opaque funding sources. Who’s behind them? Public filings don’t say much, and offshore investors could easily be in the mix. Smartmatic’s London base and Venezuelan roots only deepen the vibe—plenty of places to bury a thread.
The cut-out theory thrives on what’s not visible. No one’s cracked open Staple Street’s investor list or traced every line of Dominion’s code to a Smartmatic origin.
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