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Trump and Hegseth Ignored Pentagon Lawyers Warning Venezuelan Air Strikes Were War Crimes #16100

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David Feldman

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4.6918 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Wall Street Journal reports a new level of lawlessness inside Pete Hegseth's Pentagon. Pentagon's military lawyers raised concerns over the legality of American airstrikes in Venezuela. The Trump White House insists the strikes targeted narco-terrorists, yet offer no proof as evidence mounts of possible war crimes.

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0:00.0

Everybody watching what they're saying? Remember to watch what you say. The Wall Street Journal reporting.

0:08.0

Lawyers inside the Pentagon are concerned about the spate of American airstrikes on Venezuelan ships that the Trump administration insists are piloted by narco terrorists.

0:19.2

And yet so far, the administrations fail to provide any evidence.

0:23.4

A journal saying any internal questions lawyers raise about the legality of these airstrikes

0:29.7

are being completely ignored by higher-ups inside the Pentagon.

0:35.3

Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky is an outspoken critic of the president's

0:41.6

military buildup in the Caribbean, especially since none of it,

0:45.7

is being done with congressional approval, which is mandated by law.

0:50.7

The Wall Street Journal quoting Senator Rand Paul is saying, of the first air attack on the

0:56.5

Venezuelan speedboat, quote, how do we know the boat was coming to the U.S.? Are we going to blow up

1:02.9

every boat? It is just insane, unquote. Laris Seligman, writing in the Wall Street Journal,

1:14.1

that one Pentagon source says there's a distinct difference between Trump ordering air strikes in the Middle East and air strikes on those

1:20.9

speedboats in the Caribbean. The difference being air strikes in Yemen or even Iran have congressional approval dating back to an

1:31.1

authorization to fight a global war on terrorism was passed in the immediate aftermath of 9-11.

1:39.5

As I've said countless times, that 24-year-old war authorization directly targeted the people behind 9-11.

1:49.6

So Trump right now is standing on dubious legal ground connecting Latin American drug cartels

1:56.4

from Venezuela to the people behind 9-11. The journal reporting that some Pentagon officials could be

2:05.2

personally liable now that a paper trail proves they had been duly warned by Pentagon lawyers

2:12.8

that these Venezuelan air strikesrikes are against the law.

2:18.5

Pete Hexeth, our current Pentagon chief, seen here sporting one of his many neo-Nazi tattoos,

2:25.2

recently fired the Defense Department's top lawyers, replacing them with a legal team

2:31.1

he said wouldn't serve as roadblocks, even going so far as to appoint his own

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