Episode 151 | Trump Admin PANICS as Congress OPENS New PROBE | It's Complicated

It's Complicated

Renato Mariotti

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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After a bombshell report that the U.S. military targeted and killed shipwrecked survivors of a Venezuelan boat strike, Congressional lawmakers from both sides of the aisle announced they’d be investigating the potentially illegal act. Asha and Renato speak with NYU law professor Ryan Goodman to find out if the Trump administration committed a war crime and who could be held accountable. Plus, they cover the latest developments in a federal judge’s attempt to hold DHS officials in contempt for defying his order to return Venezuelan migrants being deported to an El Salvador prison. Tune in! Asha Substack: https://asharangappa.substack.com/ Subscribe to our podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/its-complicated Follow Asha on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/asharangappa.bsky.social Follow Renato on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/renatomariotti.bsky.social Follow Asha on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asha.rangappa/ Follow Renato on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renato.mariotti/ Cruise with us! https://www.travelstore.com/group-travel/its-complicated-cruise-2026/ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF by MeidasTouch podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.2	So, Asha, will the Trump administration be held accountable for committing war crimes?
0:35.6	Eh, it's complicated. I'm Renata Marietti. I'm a former
0:44.0	federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer, and a legal analyst. And I'm Asha Rangappa. I teach
0:49.6	national security law at Yale University. I'm a former FBI special agent, and I'm the author of
0:54.8	the Freedom Academy Substack. I'm Ryan Goodman. I'm a professor of law at NYU, where I also
1:00.8	teach national security law. I'm co-editor-in-chief of just security and a former special
1:05.6	counsel at the Department of Defense. And we're here to help you understand topics that can't be
1:10.2	boiled down into a soundbite
1:12.0	or a seat. Thank you, Ryan, for being here. So I think our listeners have not had the pleasure of
1:24.3	hearing Ryan. Shockingly, we have not had him on the podcast, but Ryan is an expert in all things,
1:32.5	war crimes.
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