Barry Pollack, a US trial lawyer, will take on the case as the captured Venezuelan president’s private counsel

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.

  • grte@lemmy.caEnglish
    49·
    5 months ago

    I expect a kangaroo court. But if by some chance it weren’t, and Maduro were to walk and they had to send him back to Venezuela, that would be really, really funny.

    • Asafum@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      5 months ago

      I expect a kangaroo court.

      I’ve been wondering how they choose what court he goes to, and I can’t help but think this is the main deciding factor.

      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        5 months ago

        It’ll likely be New York, as that’s where he was indicted. I don’t see either side wanting to change that.