Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro faces judge in court – CBS News Watch CBS News Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro attended a pre-trial court hearing in New York City on Thursday as a judge weighs key issues in his case. CBS News’ Lilia Luciano reports. Source link
Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are scheduled to appear in a Manhattan federal courtroom Thursday, where their lawyers are expected to argue that their drug trafficking indictment should be thrown out because the U.S. government is blocking their ability to pay for their defense. Last month, Maduro and his wife … Read more
Watch CBS News Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is expected in court today for a hearing where he is expected to seek the dismissal of charges against him. CBS News’ Anna Schecter has more. Source link
Nicolás Maduro, the deposed Venezuelan leader, and his wife are set to appear in federal court Thursday in Manhattan nearly three months after American forces invaded his country and brought him to the U.S. to face narco-terrorism and drug trafficking charges. Since his January arrest, Maduro has been held in a secure unit described as … Read more
NEW YORK — Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro returns to a New York courtroom Thursday as he seeks to have his drug trafficking indictment thrown out over a geopolitical dispute over legal fees. Maduro’s lawyer contends that the U.S. is violating the deposed leader’s constitutional rights by blocking Venezuelan government funds from being used to … Read more
An attorney for deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro asked a federal judge Thursday to toss out the indictment against his client, arguing the Trump administration is blocking Venezuelan government funds needed to pay for his legal defense. Maduro’s lawyer, Barry Pollack, filed the court documents in federal court in New York City, claiming the government’s … Read more