President Donald Trump said he had authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to take covert action in Venezuela, arguing that he had to stem the flow of drugs and illegal migrants into the US.
“I authorized it for two reasons,” Trump said at the White House, adding that Venezuelan leaders had “emptied their prisons in to the United States of America” and “we have a lot of drugs coming in from Venezuela.”
Trump was asked about the issue after the New York Times reported earlier Wednesday that he’d authorized the CIA to take action as part of efforts to ratchet up ...
