💥 Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour – Politics 📖
📂 Category: Colombia,Donald Trump news,Military,Pam Bondi,pete hegseth,venezuela
✅ Here’s what you’ll learn:
A group of senators, most of them Democrats, urged Attorney General Pam Bondi and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to declassify and issue the legal opinion supporting the Trump administration’s air strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.
Read more: All US military strikes against alleged drug boats
The US military has carried out lethal strikes on alleged drug traffickers, which President Donald Trump has defended as a necessary escalation to curb the flow of drugs into the United States.
“Few decisions are more important to a democracy than the use of deadly force,” the senators wrote. “We therefore believe that declassifying and making public this important document would enhance transparency.”
Read more: The United States is preparing to designate the Cartel de los Soles linked to Maduro as a terrorist organization. It’s not a cartel per se
Among the lawmakers who signed the letter were Senators Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly, as well as independent Senator Angus King. Trump recently accused Slotkin and Kelly of sedition “punishable by death” after they appeared in a video with other lawmakers urging troops to defy “unlawful orders.”
A free press is the cornerstone of a healthy democracy.
Support trustworthy journalism and civil dialogue.
💬 What do you think?
#️⃣ #Senate #Democrats #Trump #administration #provide #legal #basis #Venezuela #strikes
