Speaking of Maduro

The Trump administration is blocking Venezuela's government from paying for the cost of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro's defense against drug trafficking charges in New York, a move that potentially interferes with his constitutional right to counsel, his lawyer [Barry Pollack] says.

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Pollack said that the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, which administers sanctions against Venezuela, had granted permission on Jan. 9 approving the payment of legal fees by the Venezuelan government.

Less than three hours later, though, the Trump administration snatched back the authorization "without explanation," though it left in place a license granting permission for Maduro's wife's lawyers to be paid, Pollack said.

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Maduro and his wife have been jailed in New York without bail since they were seized from their Venezuelan home Jan. 3 in a stealth nighttime raid by U.S. military forces. They have both pleaded not guilty. Maduro is scheduled to return to federal court for a hearing on March 17.

  CBS