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US Allows Venezuelan Government to Pay Maduro's Legal Fees

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Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York announced the US Treasury Department will allow the Venezuelan government to pay defense attorneys for Nicolas Maduro and his wife. The US administration is rewriting school textbooks regarding the history of slavery. Van Dyke, involved in planning the operation to oust Maduro, is charged with wire fraud and theft of non-public government information after withdrawing $100,000 from Polymarket. Treasury Department has decided to allow the Venezuelan government to pay for President Maduro's legal fees. Attorney Jay Clayton outlined strict conditions governing the use of these funds on Friday. This change enables the defense team to continue proceedings in US courts. The United States has permitted the Venezuelan government to access funds to support the defense of the Maduro administration.

Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York announced the US Treasury Department will allow the Venezuelan government to pay defense attorneys for Nicolas Maduro and his wife. The US administration is rewriting school textbooks regarding the history of slavery. Van Dyke, involved in planning the operation to oust Maduro, is charged with wire fraud and theft of non-public government information after withdrawing $100,000 from Polymarket. Treasury Department has decided to allow the Venezuelan government to pay for President Maduro's legal fees. Attorney Jay Clayton outlined strict conditions governing the use of these funds on Friday. This change enables the defense team to continue proceedings in US courts. The United States has permitted the Venezuelan government to access funds to support the defense of the Maduro administration. This move shifts the US stance from an adversarial position to one that allows for the maintenance of existing power structures. The policy change focuses on the model of power maintenance within the country. Analysts suggest the regime is transitioning from an authoritarian populist model to one based on state apparatus linked to drug trafficking and criminal organizations. This economic transition is a key focus of the ongoing legal scrutiny. Prosecutors previously argued Maduro should not be permitted to use state funds due to his alleged mismanagement of the country's wealth.

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NBC News Radio

“Federal prosecutors say the United States will allow defense attorneys for Nicolas Maduro and his wife to be paid by the Venezuelan government.”

NBC News Radio

“Nicholas Maduro and his wife to be paid by the Venezuelan government.”

RFI Monde

“l'histoire est en train d'être réécrite dans les livres scolaires des États-Unis.”

NBC News Radio

“Officials say Van Dyke had been involved in the planning and execution of the operation to oust Maduro.”

NBC News Radio

“The Treasury Department decision comes a month after a hearing where prosecutors in the Southern District of New York argued Maduro had plundered Venezuela's wealth and should not be able to use its money for legal fees.”

Kommersant FM

“Власти США объявили об этом накануне, а защита бывшего президента Республики согласилась продолжить разбирательство в американском суде.”

Radio Gaucha

“Então, se eu penso em termos de manutenção no poder, meu instinto é dizer, mudou muito pouco na Venezuela, porque a nomenclatura ou o modelo de manutenção do poder segue sendo fundamentalmente o mesmo, mas agora com os Estados Unidos não mais de forma adversarial.”

Kommersant FM

“обвиняемого, то есть это плоды отравленного дерева». А незаконность ареста Мадура придет”

Radio Gaucha

“Está respondendo lá num tribunal em Nova York. Então acho que é a transição de um modelo populista autoritário para um modelo populista que se baseia principalmente no aparelhamento estatal vinculado a essa questão das drogas e organizações criminosas.”

NBC News Radio

“Federal prosecutors say the U.S. will allow defense attorneys for Nicolas Maduro and his wife to be paid by the Venezuelan government.”

NBC News Radio

“The Treasury Department decision comes a month after a hearing where prosecutors in the Southern District of New York argued Maduro had plundered Venezuela's wealth and shouldn't be able to use its money for legal fees.”

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