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Eric Schmitt: “President Trump has been delegated the authority by Congress…”

Featuring: Eric Schmitt, Republican | U.S. Senate, Missouri

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Schmitt: IG report 'nothingburger' with 'no confidential or classified information'

Published | Video Starts at 00:57

… with the number of people there, that's how many people are dying each and every year from the poison that's coming from these narco terrorists. So the fact is, George, President Trump has been delegated the authority by Congress to designate terrorist organizations. He's done that. He sent a letter to Congress saying he was going to initiate these strikes. We've had regular briefings about it, including from Secretary of State Rubio, including from the high ranking officials in the Department of Defense. (00:57–01:03)

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Asserts that Congress has given President Trump the authority to designate terrorist organizations.

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