Duncan Levin Quoted by CNN on Sanctions and Counsel-of-Choice Issues in the Nicolás Maduro Prosecution

CNN’s coverage of the Nicolás Maduro prosecution examined the legal dispute over whether Maduro may access Venezuelan state funds to finance his defense notwithstanding U.S. sanctions. The article addressed the tension between sanctions enforcement and a criminal defendant’s effort to retain counsel in a highly unusual federal prosecution, and included Duncan Levin’s analysis that, because Maduro is not recognized by the United States as Venezuela’s lawful leader and the sanctions regime is designed to cut him off from state-controlled resources, a court is unlikely to permit the use of those funds for his legal defense.

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