Inside the Legal Justification for Trump’s Covert Maduro Operation: What Washington Isn’t Telling You
A newly released Justice Department memo exposes how the Trump administration bypassed Congress to authorize a risky military move against Venezuela’s Maduro, raising urgent questions about presidential overreach and unchecked foreign intervention.
In a window into the shadowy decision-making behind one of the Trump administration’s boldest moves, a freshly declassified Justice Department memo reveals legal counsel authorizing a covert U.S. military operation aimed at removing Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro from power. This daring midnight raid on January 3 was not only ambitious but legally precarious, grounded on an expansive interpretation of presidential authority that sidestepped constitutional war powers. How Did the Administration Justify Military Intervention Without Congressional Approval? According to the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinion dated December 23, Trump administration lawyers concluded that forcibly extricating Maduro—who faced serious drug trafficking...
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