US EditionTrump Administration Lawyers Blessed US Operation to Remove Maduro From Power, Memo Shows
The memo justified the operation citing drug trafficking, armed resistance, and civilian protection, affirming presidential authority without constituting a constitutional war.
- The Dec. 23 opinion, prepared for the White House National Security Council legal adviser, concluded President Donald Trump could order military aid to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for the Jan. 3 operation.
- OLC cited alleged "severe" drug‑trafficking charges and considered scenarios including 200 armed guards protecting Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan President, to justify military aid.
- The 22-page opinion explains the Office of Legal Counsel lawyers identified operational risks but judged a low likelihood the removal would escalate into a constitutional war.
- The Senate last week advanced a resolution to limit attacks on Venezuela, while Republican leaders said they had no notice of the raid to seize Maduro and Cilia Flores.
- Officials told OLC there is no contingency plan to occupy Venezuela or engage in a sustained operation amounting to a constitutional war, the opinion stated.
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Trump administration lawyers blessed Maduro operation, memo shows
Days before the U.S. military operation that removed Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro from power, Trump administration lawyers blessed the action by saying it would “not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense” and would serve “important national interests,” according to a legal opinion that articulates a muscular view of presidential power.The heavily redacted version of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel opinion, release…
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Trump administration lawyers blessed US operation to remove Maduro from power, memo shows
A legal memo that came out days before the U.S. military operation against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro said such a move would “not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense” and would serve “important national interests.
By Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, CNN. A new classified legal opinion prepared by the Justice Department argues that US President Donald Trump was not bound by domestic law when he authorized the US operation to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro because of his constitutional authority as commander-in-chief, and that he is also not constrained by international law when it comes to conducting law enforcement operations abroad, …
Santo Domingo.- The Secretary General of the United Left Movement, Miguel Mejía, said that former U.S. President Donald Trump cheated on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by holding a direct dialogue with him while, in parallel, preparing the operation that culminated in his capture on January 3. (Continue reading...) Take a look at the video: La entrada Miguel Mejía states that Trump cheated Maduro was first published in Remolacha - News Domi…
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