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US Allows Venezuela To Fund Maduro's Defense After Court Challenge
US Allows Venezuela To Fund Maduro's Defense After Court Challenge
Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times,
The United States will ease sanctions on Venezuela to allow its regime to pay legal fees for former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a U.S. drug trafficking case, according to a court filing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
The April 24 filing states that the U.S. Treasury Department authorized an exception to existing sanctions, permitting funds to be used for Maduro’s legal defense.
Maduro is awaiting trial on...
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