Court filings show that Pollack entered a notice of appearance on Monday as Maduro's attorney in a narco-terrorism case in the Southern District of New York. A hearing in the matter is scheduled for noon.

Nicolás Maduro says he’s Venezuela’s president. The United States contests that. The disagreement could become central to his drug trafficking case, as the toppled leader seeks to persuade a U.S. judge that he’s immune from criminal prosecution as a sovereign head of state.

A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself "the president of my country" as he protested his capture and pleaded innocent Monday to federal drug trafficking charges the Trump administration used to justify removing him from power in Venezuela.

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was arraigned Monday and used the appearance to declare his innocence while insisting he remains the country’s rightful leader. Through a translator, he called himself a “decent man,