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May 10, 2026
Days after deposed Venezuela leader Nicolas Maduro’s arraignment on drug trafficking charges, a tussle has erupted over who will be the representative of the ex-leader in court.
Barry Pollack, the Defence lawyer who appeared with Maduro in court, accused lawyer Bruce Fein of attempting to join the defence without authorisation. Fein, who is a former associate deputy US attorney general under Ronald Reagan, said a judge had asked him to help resolve the issue and told the Manhattan federal Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein that people close to Maduro had sought his assistance amid what he described as the “extraordinary, startling, and viperlike circumstances” of Maduro’s arrest.
Fein stated that while he did not have any contact with Maduro, the lawyer claimed that the deposed leader “had expressed a desire” for his “assistance in this matter
