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Gavin Blackburn

US judge weighs whether Venezuela can pay Maduro's legal costs in drug trafficking case

Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro cut a relaxed figure as he returned to a federal court in New York on Thursday for his second appearance since his capture by US forces in an extraordinary nighttime raid.

During the one-hour hearing, the judge indicated he would not dismiss the case over Maduro and his wife's apparent inability to afford their legal bill without aid from the Venezuelan government.

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