Maduro’s legal team includes acclaimed lawyer who represented Julian Assange

<p>Barry Pollack, a US trial lawyer, will take on the case as the captured Venezuelan president’s private counsel</p><p>When <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/nicolas-maduro">Nicolás Maduro</a> appeared in court in New York on Monday, his choice of lawyer quickly raised eyebrows.</p><p>The captured <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/venezuela">Venezuelan</a> president was accompanied by Barry Pollack, a top-tier US trial lawyer who spent years representing <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/julian-assange">Julian Assange</a>, eventually securing the WikiLeaks founder’s release from prison in the UK in 2024.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/06/barry-pollack-nicolas-maduro-lawyer">Continue reading...</a>