Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) on Sunday characterized a string of U.S. strikes on Venezuelan boats in international waters as “illegal killings,” saying the White House has not yet shared their legal justification for the attacks with congressional lawmakers.
“They are illegal killings because the notion that the United States — and this is what the administration says is their justification — is involved in an armed conflict with any drug dealers, any Venezuelan drug dealers, is ludicrous,” Himes told host Margaret Brennan in an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “It wouldn’t stand up in a single court of law.”
The U.S. has carried out at…
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