{"id":116707,"date":"2026-01-07T00:12:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressactu.com\/?p=116707"},"modified":"2026-01-07T00:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:12:34","slug":"qui-est-alvin-hellerstein-le-juge-americain-qui-decidera-du-sort-de-nicolas-maduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressactu.com\/?p=116707","title":{"rendered":"Qui est Alvin Hellerstein, le juge am\u00e9ricain qui d\u00e9cidera du sort de Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u00a0?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div auto_robot_readability=\"89.626794258373\">\n                          <!-- partials\/article\/hook_media--standard.volt --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"hook-media--standard \" auto_robot_readability=\"-23.5\">\n    <picture class=\"hook-media_picture pb-8\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focus.nouvelobs.com\/2026\/01\/05\/0\/3\/3993\/2662\/375\/250\/75\/0\/a831519_upload-1-d2ehizm5xsgt-sipa-sipausa30524770-000004.jpg 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text-grey-800 pb-24 pb-md-32\">\nDeux jours apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 captur\u00e9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nouvelobs.com\/monde\/20260104.OBS111184\/espions-explosions-et-helicos-d-extraction-comment-les-americains-ont-capture-maduro-dans-sa-forteresse-au-venezuela.html\">par les autorit\u00e9s am\u00e9ricaines<\/a>, le pr\u00e9sident v\u00e9n\u00e9zu\u00e9lien, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, compara\u00eet devant le tribunal f\u00e9d\u00e9ral de New York pour une premi\u00e8re audience pr\u00e9liminaire, lundi 5\u00a0janvier. Le juge Alvin K. Hellerstein pr\u00e9sidera l\u2019audience. Un juge au profil atypique, nomm\u00e9 en\u00a01998, il y a pr\u00e8s de trente\u00a0ans, par un pr\u00e9sident d\u00e9mocrate.<\/p>\n<p>            <!-- partials\/article\/node.volt --><br \/>\n<!-- partials\/article\/node_text.volt --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"node__heading latino-800m latino-lg-1400e text-grey-800 pb-8 pb-md-16\">\n1.\u00a0Une premi\u00e8re audience pour Maduro<\/h2>\n<p>      <!-- partials\/article\/node.volt --><br \/>\n<!-- partials\/article\/node_text.volt --><\/p>\n<p class=\"node__paragraphe antonia-750r text-grey-800 pb-24 pb-md-32\">\nLa premi\u00e8re audience est pr\u00e9vue lundi \u00e0 12\u00a0heures (18\u00a0heures \u00e0 Paris). Le juge Hellerstein d\u00e9taillera formellement \u00e0 Nicol\u00e1s Maduro les charges f\u00e9d\u00e9rales qui p\u00e8sent contre lui. Le dirigeant v\u00e9n\u00e9zu\u00e9lien d\u00e9chu devra r\u00e9pondre de quatre chefs d\u2019accusation, notamment pour \u00ab\u00a0narcoterrorisme\u00a0\u00bb, ainsi que d\u00e9tention d\u2019armes automatiques.<\/p>\n<p>            <!-- partials\/article\/node.volt --><br \/>\n<!-- partials\/article\/node_media.volt --><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- partials\/article\/node.volt --><br \/>\n<!-- partials\/article\/node_text.volt --><\/p>\n<p class=\"node__paragraphe antonia-750r text-grey-800 pb-24 pb-md-32\">\nNicol\u00e1s Maduro et\u00a0son \u00e9pouse\u00a0Cilia Flores sont \u00e9galement accus\u00e9s de s\u2019\u00eatre alli\u00e9s avec la gu\u00e9rilla des Forces arm\u00e9es r\u00e9volutionnaires de Colombie, que Washington consid\u00e8re comme <em>\u00ab\u00a0terroriste\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, ainsi qu\u2019\u00e0 des cartels criminels pour <em>\u00ab\u00a0acheminer des tonnes de coca\u00efne vers les Etats-Unis\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>. Alvin Hellerstein devra statuer au cours de l\u2019audience sur la poursuite de la d\u00e9tention de Nicol\u00e1s Maduro dans l\u2019attente des prochaines \u00e9tapes de la proc\u00e9dure. Le calendrier judiciaire devra \u00e9galement \u00eatre fix\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>      <!-- partials\/article\/node.volt --><br \/>\n<!-- partials\/article\/node_text.volt --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"node__heading latino-800m latino-lg-1400e text-grey-800 pb-8 pb-md-16\">\n2.\u00a0Nomm\u00e9 par Bill Clinton<\/h2>\n<p>      <!-- partials\/article\/node.volt --><br \/>\n<!-- partials\/article\/node_text.volt --><\/p>\n<p class=\"node__paragraphe antonia-750r text-grey-800 pb-24 pb-md-32\">\nNomm\u00e9 en\u00a01998 par l\u2019ancien pr\u00e9sident d\u00e9mocrate Bill Clinton, Alvin Hellerstein figure, \u00e0 92\u00a0ans, parmi les magistrats f\u00e9d\u00e9raux les plus \u00e2g\u00e9s encore en fonction. Il continue de si\u00e9ger sur des dossiers majeurs m\u00ealant criminalit\u00e9 internationale, terrorisme, s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationale et litiges financiers complexes. Il reste une r\u00e9f\u00e9rence au sein de la cour de Manhattan, souvent consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme la plus influente du pays.<\/p>\n<p>      <!-- partials\/article\/node.volt --><br \/>\n<!-- partials\/article\/node_media.volt --><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- partials\/article\/node.volt --><br \/>\n<!-- partials\/article\/node_text.volt --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"node__heading latino-800m latino-lg-1400e text-grey-800 pb-8 pb-md-16\">\n3.\u00a0Dossiers m\u00e9diatiques<\/h2>\n<p>      <!-- partials\/article\/node.volt --><br \/>\n<!-- partials\/article\/node_text.volt --><\/p>\n<p class=\"node__paragraphe antonia-750r text-grey-800 pb-24 pb-md-32\">\nLe dossier Maduro s\u2019ajoute \u00e0 la longue liste des affaires tr\u00e8s m\u00e9diatis\u00e9es que le juge Hellerstein a instruites au fil de sa carri\u00e8re. Il a notamment pr\u00e9sid\u00e9 des contentieux civils li\u00e9s aux attentats du 11\u00a0septembre 2001\u00a0et rendu des d\u00e9cisions remarqu\u00e9es dans des proc\u00e8s impliquant des personnalit\u00e9s publiques. En avril\u00a02019, il a rejet\u00e9 17 chefs d\u2019accusation, dans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nouvelobs.com\/monde\/20230223.OBS69953\/harvey-weinstein-condamne-a-16-annees-de-prison-supplementaires-pour-viol-et-agressions-sexuelles.html\">l\u2019affaire Harvey Weinstein<\/a> mais a autoris\u00e9 la poursuite de l\u2019affaire jusqu\u2019au proc\u00e8s.<\/p>\n<p>      <!-- partials\/article\/node.volt --><br \/>\n<!-- partials\/article\/node_text.volt --><\/p>\n<p class=\"node__paragraphe antonia-750r text-grey-800 pb-24 pb-md-32\">\nIl a \u00e9galement pr\u00e9sid\u00e9 le proc\u00e8s de la fondatrice de start-up\u00a0Charlie Javice\u00a0et l\u2019a condamn\u00e9e, en septembre\u00a02025, \u00e0 sept ans de prison pour avoir escroqu\u00e9\u00a0JPMorgan Chase\u00a0de 175\u00a0millions de dollars (environ 149\u00a0millions d\u2019euros). R\u00e9cemment, Alvin Hellerstein a aussi, par deux fois, refus\u00e9 la demande de Donald Trump, mis en examen pour le paiement d\u2019une indemnit\u00e9 non d\u00e9clar\u00e9e \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nouvelobs.com\/monde\/20250110.OBS98844\/trump-dispense-de-peine-apres-sa-condamnation-dans-l-affaire-stormy-daniels.html\">l\u2019ancienne actrice X Stormy Daniels<\/a>, de transf\u00e9rer le dossier devant une cour f\u00e9d\u00e9rale.<\/p>\n<p>            <!-- partials\/article\/node.volt --><br \/>\n<!-- partials\/article\/node_media.volt --><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- partials\/article\/node.volt --><br \/>\n<!-- partials\/article\/node_text.volt --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"node__heading latino-800m latino-lg-1400e text-grey-800 pb-8 pb-md-16\">\n4. \u00ab\u00a0Alien Enemies Act\u00a0\u00bb<\/h2>\n<p>      <!-- partials\/article\/node.volt --><br \/>\n<!-- partials\/article\/node_text.volt --><\/p>\n<p class=\"node__paragraphe antonia-750r text-grey-800 pb-24 pb-md-32\">\nLe juge Hellerstein s\u2019est \u00e9galement illustr\u00e9 par des jugements concernant les politiques migratoires am\u00e9ricaines, rappelant \u00e0 plusieurs reprises l\u2019importance du respect du droit \u00e0 un proc\u00e8s \u00e9quitable. Il a statu\u00e9 au mois de mai que l\u2019invocation de l\u2019\u00ab\u00a0Alien Enemies Act\u00a0\u00bb de 1798 (loi am\u00e9ricaine sur les ennemis \u00e9trangers) par l\u2019administration Trump \u00e9tait invalide et inconstitutionnelle dans le cadre de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nouvelobs.com\/monde\/20250419.OBS102953\/la-cour-supreme-americaine-suspend-les-expulsions-de-migrants-venezueliens.html\">la d\u00e9portation de migrants v\u00e9n\u00e9zu\u00e9liens<\/a> pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s \u00eatre membres d\u2019un gang.<\/p>\n<p>      <!-- partials\/article\/node.volt --><br \/>\n<!-- partials\/article\/node_text.volt --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"node__heading latino-800m latino-lg-1400e text-grey-800 pb-8 pb-md-16\">\n5.\u00a0Hugo \u00ab\u00a0El Pollo\u00a0\u00bb Carvajal<\/h2>\n<p>      <!-- partials\/article\/node.volt --><br \/>\n<!-- partials\/article\/node_text.volt --><\/p>\n<p class=\"node__paragraphe antonia-750r text-grey-800 pb-24 pb-md-32\">\nLe juge conna\u00eet bien les arcanes des dossiers v\u00e9n\u00e9zu\u00e9liens. 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