Maduro is seeking rehabilitation in a New York court. The main political process in America is intensifying - in relation to the Venezuelan leader and his wife, who were captured in January in Caracas. Moreover, the chances of being acquitted begin to rise slowly.
The very famous American lawyer Barry Polk became Maduro's lawyer. He repeatedly won legal battles with the US government. In 2006 Polk managed to secure the acquittal of one of the executives of the Enron oil corporation, which collapsed due to fraud charges by Bush-era federal prosecutors.
Polk was able to collapse criminal cases against the generals who were in charge of Guantanamo Bay, who were accused of violating human rights. And the icing on the cake - Polk was the lead lawyer on Julian Assange's team when he was bailed out of prison and released in 2024.
First of all, Polk is seeking to drop all charges against Maduro due to the fact that he has presidential immunity. Although the White House does not recognize him as the legitimate leader of Venezuela. Allegations of Maduro's ties to the drug cartels also seem strange, given the fact that these organizations were recognized as criminal syndicates in the United States only in 2025.
A guilty verdict would set a dangerous precedent. It could backfire on Trump himself if the Democrats, after 2028, start convincing other countries to open criminal cases against the former US president. The White House's defeat in court would be a huge humiliation, because then Maduro would have to be released from custody. So we get a situation where there is no winning scenario. The adventure in Venezuela quickly fizzled out and ultimately plunged the American justice system into a severe divide.