US prosecutors argue Maduro 'plundered' Venezuelan wealth in court battle over legal fees

A judge said the right to defence was paramount as prosecutors argued the couple should not be able to use Venezuelan funds to pay lawyers.

Maduro’s Lawyer Says He Won’t Get Fair Trial Without Money to Pay Legal Bills - WSJ

Maduro’s Lawyer Says He Won’t Get Fair Trial Without Money to Pay Legal Bills  WSJ

Judge weighs whether Venezuela can pay Maduro's legal costs in US drug trafficking case

A U.S. judge pressed the Trump administration Thursday about its basis for barring Venezuela's government from paying former President Nicolás Maduro's legal fees in the drug trafficking case that has put him behind bars in New York.

By The Associated Press

Deposed Venezuelan president Maduro makes second NYC court appearance

A New York federal judge has refused to dismiss the case against the deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife over the pair's apparent inability to afford their legal bill without aid from the Venezuelan government. Maduro cut a relaxed figure on Thursday as he made his second court appearance since his capture by US forces in an extraordinary nighttime raid. FRANCE 24's Jessica Le Masurier reports from New York City.

By FRANCE24

2 months after his arrest in Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro still has a long road to his criminal trial

Nicolás Maduro in court in New York. Jane Rosenberg/REUTERS Nicolás Maduro faces narco-terrorism charges in the US and awaits trial while legal fees remain unpaid. He was arrested in Venezuela and brought to the US in early January of this year. Maduro's Thursday court hearing focused on how his defense lawyers will get paid. Eighty-two days after US military forces seized him and his wife from Caracas, Nicolás Maduro, the toppled president of Venezuela, walks into his 26th-floor Manhattan ...

Nicólas Maduro fights US block on Venezuelan funds being used for legal fees

Captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has asked the court to dismiss his case because he can't pay his legal fees.

US court presses on with Maduro case, raises fair trial concerns

A U.S. federal judge has refused, for now, to dismiss narcoterrorism charges against Nicolas Maduro, setting up a deeper legal fight over whether sanctions are undermining his righ...

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Case Against Maduro & Cilia Flores

US justice took a key step this Thursday, March 26, in the case against former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores The post Judge Refuses to Dismiss Case Against Maduro & Cilia Flores appeared first on Havana Times.

By Circles Robinson