US EditionAdvocacy groups sue Trump administration seeking release of legal memo justifying boat strikes
The lawsuit demands release of the classified legal memo justifying 22 military strikes killing 87 people, citing ignored FOIA requests and concerns over legal ethics.
- On Tuesday, former ethics counsels Norm Eisen, Richard Painter and Virginia Canter asked the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility to investigate an OLC opinion that justified lethal strikes.
- A Nov. 12 Washington Post report said the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel authored a still-classified opinion shielding personnel from prosecution, while the Trump administration described a 'non-international armed conflict' with cartels.
- The military has carried out more than 20 strikes since the beginning of September in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, killing more than 80 people, while the Justice Department did not immediately comment.
- House and Senate Intelligence Committees are expected to receive a briefing on Tuesday, while Sen. Peter Welch and Sen. Dick Durbin questioned if the Department provided adequate legal guidance, and Judiciary Democrats sought information.
- Legal experts have cast doubt on the administration's 'non-international armed conflict' claim, arguing drug cartels are not organized armed groups, while Eisen, Painter and Canter called the OLC opinion `shocking` and warned it violates law.
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Rights organizations sue Trump admin. for release of memo justifying boat strikes
A group of civil rights advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration, seeking the release of a legal memo and other documents related to lethal U.S. military strikes on boats suspected of trafficking drugs from Latin America. The complaint alleges that the nearly two dozen boat strikes carried out since September are illegal, and that the public deserves to see how President Donald Trump’s administration has ju…
U.S. organizations demand that the Trump administration disclose the legal justification for narco-lanches attacks that have caused 87 deaths since September.
Jeffries to give remarks amid scrutiny over Caribbean boat strikes
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday spoke with reporters as the Trump administration faces criticism over the U.S. military’s strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been under the microscope in recent days, after reporting surfaced late last month that the Pentagon chief ordered a second strike…
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Lawsuit against Trump administration demands legal justification for boat strikes
Advocacy groups filed a lawsuit on December 9 against the Trump administration demanding the release of the memo providing legal justification for U.S. military strikes on alleged drug boats.
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