US EditionMoulton Says Trump Administration Is Undermining Navy Leadership
The White House supports Admiral Bradley amid legal concerns over a strike killing survivors of a drug-smuggling boat, as critics accuse the administration of deflecting blame from War Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- On Monday, Rep. Seth Moulton accused the Trump administration of throwing Admiral Frank 'Mitch' Bradley under the bus over the September double-tap strike during his CNN interview.
- The White House confirmed on Monday that U.S. forces killed survivors of an earlier September strike on a suspected Venezuelan drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, and Karoline Leavitt said Pete Hegseth wasn't aware of the follow-up strike.
- Reporting shows the second strike left none of the vessel's 11 passengers alive, following several follow-up strikes, while Pentagon accounts distinguish Hegseth's general authorization from Bradley's specific second-strike order.
- Pentagon brass are reportedly steaming that Admiral Frank 'Mitch' Bradley is expected to brief lawmakers this week as Wicker plans to uncover the facts, amid White House blame-shifting.
- Legal experts cautioned that the double-tap strike could violate laws protecting shipwrecked survivors, while Karoline Leavitt and Pete Hegseth defended the September 2 orders as lawful in international waters.
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Moulton: ‘Very clear’ Trump administration ‘throwing the admiral under the bus’
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) said Monday that it is “very clear” the Trump administration is “throwing” Navy Adm. Frank Bradley “under the bus” amid the scandal surrounding strikes on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean. “What’s very clear is they’re throwing the admiral under the bus. That’s exactly what’s going on,” Moulton told…
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