US EditionDeclassified US Intelligence Undermines Trump's Maduro-Gang Connection Claim
- A declassified memo released on Monday shows U.S. Spy agencies do not believe Venezuela directs the Tren de Aragua gang to target America.
- In March, President Donald Trump relied on the rarely used wartime statute from 1798, the Alien Enemies Act, to deport nearly 150 suspected gang members, citing claims that the Venezuelan government controlled the group.
- Intelligence agencies found Venezuelan security forces treated the gang as a threat by arresting members and engaging in armed confrontations against them.
- Lauren Harper, who leads a government secrecy watchdog group, stated that the decision to declassify the information confirms it should have been accessible to the public from the beginning, criticizing earlier efforts to withhold details from the media.
- The memo contradicts Trump’s assertions, indicating Venezuela’s regime does not control or directly cooperate with the gang, though it permits gang activity within the country.
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Intelligence Report Finds Minimal Ties Between Maduro, Tren de Aragua
A National Intelligence Council report released to the public on May 6 seems to contradict President Donald Trump’s claims that the gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) is coordinating with the Venezuelan socialist regime, a claim that has been key to Trump’s efforts to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against the group. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) report specifically found that, “While Venezuela’s permissive environment ena…
Intelligence Memo Contradicts Trump About Gang Link to Venezuelan Government · Global Voices
A recently declassified U.S. intelligence assessment confirms that analysts from U.S. spy agencies did not find coordination between Aragua's Tren gang and the Venezuelan government, contradicting the statements that President Donald Trump's government used to justify invoking the Foreign Enemies Act and deporting Venezuelan immigrants.
Trump administration's justification for mass deportation of Venezuelans challenged by intel report
A newly declassified U.S. intelligence memo contradicts President Trump's claims about the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA), undermining his justification for using the Alien Enemies Act to deport gang members.
US intel. agencies contradict Trump, say Maduro not working with Tren de Aragua
U.S. spy agencies are upending President Donald Trump’s rationale for using an 18th-century wartime law to quickly deport Venezuelan men to a maximum security prison in El Salvador. A memo, released and first obtained by The New York Times, detailed the contradicting information about the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TDA). The memo reveals intelligence agencies have found Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro does not have direct control over Tr…
'No they didn't': Nicolle Wallace fact checks Trump's claims on the Alien Enemies Act
Host of the Bulwark Podcast Tim Miller and former top official at the Department of Justice Andrew Weissmann join Nicolle Wallace to discuss the newly revealed documents where Trump's own national intelligence contradicts his characterization of Venezuelan gang Tren De Aragua that he used to invoke the Alien Enemies Act.
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