Chuck Schumer: “It is possible those strikes, which may have included verbal…”

“In the past few days, more questions have arisen about Hegseth's order to attack alleged drug trafficking vessels off the coast of Venezuela. It is possible those strikes, which may have included verbal orders from the Secretary of Defense to, quote, kill everybody on those boats, violated the law. But this is the problem. The the American people still don't know exactly what happened because Pete Hegseth refuses to tell the truth.” (02:26–02:36)

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