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Zerpa defended Attorney General Luisa Ortega D\u00edaz\u2019s lawyer in a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/vtv.gob.ve\/diputado-carreno-afirma-que-luisa-ortega-diaz-atenta-contra-las-instituciones-democraticas-del-pais\/\u0022\u003Ecase\u003C\/a\u003E that government supporters brought against her after she openly criticized the government. The case was based on allegations that Ortega has lied about her participation in the naming of Supreme Court judges in 2015. Zerpa had been recently \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.asambleanacional.gob.ve\/documentos_archivos\/comunicado-en-rechazo-a-detencion-de-magistrado-angel-zerpa-51.pdf\u0022\u003Eappointed\u003C\/a\u003E by the opposition-led National Assembly to the Supreme Court, after legislators determined that government supporters had appointed sitting justices violating legal norms in late 2015, immediately before the opposition majority took office. The Supreme Court has rejected that finding and none of the justices selected by the National Assembly since the last elections are serving on the court.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003EPrior to Zerpa\u2019s detention, President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.hispantv.com\/noticias\/venezuela\/348330\/maduro-magistrados-presos-congelar-bienes-oposicion\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E on TV that \u201cthose people they appointed, those usurpers out there, they will all go to jail, one by one.\u201d A Supreme Court judge had \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=snmYAWkhC0g\u0022\u003Estated\u003C\/a\u003E that any of the opposition\u2019s nominees who attempted to take office would be committing crimes including treason.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003EFor at least 48 hours, his family was unaware of his whereabouts, his daughter \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.el-nacional.com\/noticias\/presos-politicos\/denuncian-que-nadie-visto-angel-zerpa-desde-hace-horas_194864\u0022\u003Etold\u003C\/a\u003E the press. 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