Barry Pollack, a US trial lawyer, will take on the case as the captured Venezuelan president’s private counsel
When Nicolás Maduro appeared in court in New York on Monday, his choice of lawyer quickly raised eyebrows.
The captured Venezuelan president was accompanied by Barry Pollack, a top-tier US trial lawyer who spent years representing Julian Assange, eventually securing the WikiLeaks founder’s release from prison in the UK in 2024.
Pollack is a partner at Harris St Laurent & Wechsler, a law firm based on New York’s Wall Street in the financial district of lower Manhattan, just a few minutes walk from the federal court where Maduro pleaded not guilty to criminal charges on Monday.
I don’t. The US justice system isn’t that compromised just yet. It’s only really stacked against the poor; if you can pay enough (which Maduro presumably can) you should be able to expect a somewhat fair trial.
Tell me how you can say that with a straight face, when you have people in the supreme court being openly bribed without any consequences whatsoever
Literally ruled by rapists. But it’s ‘not that compromised’ lmao
Oh the supreme court is rotten no argument there, but he’s not being tried by the supreme court, at least not yet. The regime would have to appeal decisions at multiple levels before getting there, and by that point it won’t matter anymore.
They can’t appeal a “not guilty” verdict. If he walks he walks.
…and there you go. Even if the man is innocent, he’ll be jailed for years. This corrupt administration will drag this on forever even if they lose. As you said, “by that point it won’t matter anymore”.
Search “double jeopardy”. He walks on a “not guilty” verdict.
Appeals on acquittal are a thing. It’s hard to say how or if that would be relevant in this situation since it really depends on what triggers the appeal.
The bribing without consequences is what might give someone with as much implicit access to wealth as Maduro a chance lol
https://youtu.be/_n5E7feJHw0