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Federal judge overseeing Maduro case, Alvin Hellerstein, dies at 92
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who was overseeing the criminal trial of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, died Wednesday morning at age 92, according to a court official.[1, 5, 12] Fox News reported that he died of natural causes.[8] Hellerstein, a Manhattan-based jurist, was appointed to the federal bench in 1998 by former President Bill Clinton and served for nearly three decades.[5, 12, 14]
Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain announced his death in a statement praising his service to the court.[7] He also presided over cases involving President Donald Trump and the 9/11 attacks, and Fox News reported that he denied a bond request from Cilia Flores.[2, 7, 8] The Washington Examiner reported that the Maduro case will now be randomly assigned to another judge.[14]
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- Leans left: The New York Times (−0.70).
- Center: PBS NewsHour (−0.48), ABC News (−0.19), CBS News (−0.14), Yahoo News (+0.07), The Hill (+0.10), UPI (+0.17).
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