Top Republican Urges Release of Venezuela Strikes Justification

Nov. 13, 2025, 11:57 PM UTC

The Trump administration should publicly present its legal justification for military strikes against suspected drug traffickers within or outside of Venezuela, the top House Republican with oversight of national security said.

While the administration’s outreach to Congress on the strikes has been sporadic and classified, “the briefing we got on what the president has been doing and plans to do with Venezuela and South America was excellent,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) told Bloomberg Government Wednesday.

“They ought to do it more often,” Rogers said. “The lawyers that talked about the legal basis should do it publicly. ...

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