Judge Questions Why U.S. Is Blocking Maduro’s Defense Funding
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The U.S. government has blocked Venezuela from paying for its former leader’s defense lawyers. In a hearing, a judge said repeatedly that the former president’s right to his own defense was “paramount.”
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Mr. Pollack had previously informed the court that the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control had determined that because Mr. Maduro and the Venezuelan government are both under sanctions, the department would not authorize Venezuela to pay his defense costs.
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