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Jim Himes: “There is a purported memo inside the White House…”

Featuring: Jim Himes, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 4th Congressional District

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"It's Performative:" Himes on Hegseth's Testosterone-Filled Strikes in the Caribbean.

Published | Video Starts at 04:34

And it's beneath him to say what he just said. He knows as well as I do that there is no legal authorization for these strikes. There isn't. There is a purported memo inside the White House articulating the legal basis for these strikes, which has not been shared with the Congress. Now, I wonder why it hasn't been shared with the Congress, because I bet if it exists, that it's nonsense. (04:34–04:43)

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Asserts that a memo justifying strikes exists but hasn't been shared with Congress.

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