Wait, Democrats are still climbing this garbage hill?
Grassley rejects Senate Judiciary Democrats’ demand for boat strike hearing
All Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have demanded a public hearing on the Trump administration’s boat strike campaign over “serious concerns” the strikes may violate U.S. criminal laws, a request the panel’s head has already denied.
In a letter dated Wednesday and sent to committee Chair Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the lawmakers say they want a chance to question Justice Department officials who gave legal justification for U.S. military airstrikes on suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean.
“Since September, the Trump Administration has summarily executed at least 95 people in 25 known strikes on alleged drug smugglers in vessels at sea,” they write.
Well, there you have it, drug runners in international waters. Time to move on
“This committee must address the serious concerns that these strikes may violate U.S. criminal laws, and that Department of Justice attorneys who gave President Trump and [Defense] Secretary [Pete] Hegseth legal cover to summarily execute suspected criminals have violated their ethical obligations,” they add.
Grassley rejected the request Thursday, arguing that the Justice Department’s legal opinion, drafted this summer ahead of the boat strikes, already lays out the administration’s “lawful authority” to carry out the attacks, Courthouse News reported.
“I personally made sure that both the majority and minority sides of the committee got access to the Office of Legal Counsel’s well-written classified opinion explaining the administration’s lawful authority to conduct these strikes,” he told the outlet. “Since these are military operations, primary oversight would fall within the jurisdiction of the Senate Armed Services Committee.”
Obviously, Democrats are losing their sh*t over blowing up foreign drug running boats for some reason. Is their Trump Derangement Syndrome that strong?
‘No evidence of war crimes’ in boat strike, Senate Armed Services chair concludes
Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker on Thursday said there’s no evidence war crimes were committed when the U.S. military killed survivors of an initial attack on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea in September.
The Mississippi Republican — who issued his most detailed statement to date on the Trump administration’s military campaign against alleged drug gangs — said he is satisfied with the information his panel has received from the administration about the Sept. 2 episode and that the military strikes “were conducted based on sound legal advice.”
“I have seen no evidence of war crimes,” Wicker said. “It is in the best interest of our national security to support our men and women in uniform when they act based on advice from senior legal advisers.”
And of those look like fishing boats? Do fisherman usually drive them full throttle out in international waters?
That Donald Trump sure is an evil genius! He’s got not just the leftists out on the streets, but Democrats in Congress wanting to defend drug smugglers.
More splodey boats please!
Donnie and Little Peter lie constantly so we cannot take their “word” about the so-called drug boats. It’s a sad day for America when 700 year old Chuck Grassley makes these decisions.
Even if they are shown to be transporting cocaine, bombing them is not legal. Duh. But Fat Caligula males like Dana love to see non-Ameriicans get blown away regardless of the law!! The old ultra-violence!
Our professional Coast Guard was able to, legally by the way, “take” a Venezuelan oil tanker.