A lawyer representing Nicolas #Maduro has moved to strike a former top Justice Department lawyer during the Reagan administration, #Bruce #Fein, from serving on the ousted Venezuelan president’s criminal defense team.
The court filing by Washington lawyer #Barry #Pollack came two days after Fein joined the case,
and three days after Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism and weapons charges during a brief appearance before a federal judge in Manhattan.
“Neither undersigned counsel, nor anyone acting on his behalf, has authorized Mr. Fein to appear on behalf of Mr. Maduro,”
Pollack wrote to the judge late Thursday.
“Mr. Maduro has not retained Mr. Fein nor authorized him to hold himself out as Mr. Maduro’s counsel.”
Fein served as associate deputy attorney general and general counsel to the Federal Communications Commission under President Ronald Reagan,
and has testified as an expert before Congress more than 200 times
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/maduro-attorney-says-ex-doj-lawyer-unauthorized-to-join-defense