US Marshals police officers stand guard outside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in New York City on March 26, 2026. Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court March 26. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage. (Photo by John Lamparski / AFP via Getty Images)

People wait in line outside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in New York City on March 26, 2026. Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court March 26. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage. (Photo by John Lamparski / AFP via Getty Images)

A makeshift inflatable figure of ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro handcuffed is displayed next to the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse as a convoy believed to be carrying Nicolas Maduro has arrived for his federal court appearance in Manhattan on March 26, 2026. Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court March 26. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage. (Photo by John Lamparski / AFP via Getty Images)

A makeshift inflatable figure of ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro handcuffed is displayed next to the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse as a convoy believed to be carrying Nicolas Maduro has arrived for his federal court appearance in Manhattan on March 26, 2026. Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court March 26. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage. (Photo by John Lamparski / AFP via Getty Images)

An exterior view of the Metropolitan Detention Center is seen in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, where ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is detained, ahead of his court appearance later in the day, on March 26, 2026. Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court March 26. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage. (Photo by Leonardo MUNOZ / AFP via Getty Images)

An exterior view of the Metropolitan Detention Center is seen in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, where ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is detained, ahead of his court appearance later in the day, on March 26, 2026. Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court March 26. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage. (Photo by Leonardo MUNOZ / AFP via Getty Images)

An exterior view of the Metropolitan Detention Center is seen in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, where ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is detained, ahead of his court appearance later in the day, on March 26, 2026. Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court March 26. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage. (Photo by Leonardo MUNOZ / AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump talks with House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., and Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., chair of the Naational Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), at the annual fundraising dinner, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at Union Station in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)