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Trump administration blocks Venezuela from paying Maduro's legal bills amid federal charges

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The Trump administration has moved to block the Venezuelan government from covering the legal expenses of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as he fights federal drug trafficking and weapons charges in New York, according to a court filing from his attorney.Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty in federal court in New York on Jan. 5 to drug trafficking and weapons charges, days after American forces captured them at the presidential palace in Venezuela.In a letter to U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who is overseeing the case in the Southern District of New York,...