This is no case for a judge who could be pushing 94 by the time a jury is selected.
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Left: U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein at an event in New York City, October 19, 2019. Right: Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro addresses the media at Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela, August 2, 2024.
Owen Hoffmann/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images, Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters
On Monday, I noted that the criminal narcotics case against Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores de Maduro, had been assigned to an elderly jurist in Manhattan federal court, the Southern District of New York (SDNY). That’s a problem.
Judge Alvin Hellerstein was appointed to the bench by President Clinton in 1998 (a year before Maduro’s patron, the late Hugo Chávez, was elected by a slim margin and began seizing control of Venezuela). The judge is now 92 years old.
About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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On Monday, I noted that the criminal narcotics case against Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores de Maduro, had been assigned to an elderly jurist in Manhattan federal court, the Southern District of New York (SDNY). That’s a problem.
Judge Alvin Hellerstein was appointed to the bench by President Clinton in 1998 (a year before Maduro’s patron, the late Hugo Chávez, was elected by a slim margin and began seizing control of Venezuela). The judge is now 92 years old.
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About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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