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.
…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.