On TV today

ABC’s “This Week”:

Reps. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, and Seth Moulton, D-Mass.; former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper.

NBC’s “Meet the Press”:

Sanders, I-Vt.

CBS’ “Face the Nation”:

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah; Montana Gov. Steve Bullock; Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash.

Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa.

CNN’s “State of the Union”: “Fox News Sunday”:

Sen. Bernie

WASHINGTON — Four demonstrators who staged a weekslong protest inside the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington were charged by U.S. authorities and appeared Friday in federal court.

The four protesters — Kevin Bruce Zeese, 64, Margaret Ann Flowers, 57, Adrienne Pine, 49, and David Vernon Paul, 70 — were arrested Thursday at the embassy.

They are charged with interfering with the protective functions of the State Department, according to prosecutors.

The protesters consider Nicolás Maduro to be the legitimate Venezuelan president. But the United States and more than 50 other countries say Maduro’s recent re-election was fraudulent and are backing congressional leader Juan Guaidó’s claim to the presidency.

Carlos Vecchio, Guaidó’s newly named ambassador, requested the help of U.S. authorities in clearing the building.

Authorities say agents with the Diplomatic Security Service used a loudspeaker to inform the demonstrators that they were trespassing in the embassy and also posted trespassing notices on the doors. Prosecutors said the four people who were arrested refused to vacate the premises.

In charging papers, officials said the group’s “refusal to leave the Venezuelan Embassy interfered with the Department of State’s protective service of maintaining the security of the Venezuelan Embassy and the Permanent Mission of Venezuela to the Organization of American States.”

The protest started more than a month ago with at least 30 activists.