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Special forces soldier who won $400,000 betting on Maduro's capture pleads not guilty

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The U.S. Army special forces soldier who was indicted last week on charges of using classified information about the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to make more than $400,000 on the prediction market Polymarket pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Manhattan federal court and was released on bond. Master Sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke appeared in the same courthouse complex where Maduro appeared following the raid on his Caracas compound that Van Dyke helped plan and execute.  Judge Margaret Garnet asked how he pleaded to charges including unlawful use of confidential governmental information for personal gain. "Not guilty, your honor," Van Dyke said. He was accompanied in the courtroom by his attorneys, Zach Intrater, Mark Geragos and Tina Glandian, following his arrest last week at Fort Bragg, where he is posted. Van Dyke is currently on leave from the Army. His ultimate military status is "unsettled," Intrater said.…

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