Karoline Leavitt: “The vessel this morning was seized in the North Atlantic…”

“I've spoken about the enforcement of our sanctions policy at the podium prior to the new year, and this administration is going to going to fully enforce the sanction policy of the United States. The vessel this morning was seized in the North Atlantic pursuant to a warrant issued by a US Federal court. after being tracked and this was a Venezuelan shadow fleet vessel that has transported sanctioned oil and the United States of America under this president is not going to tolerate that.” (1:17:30–1:17:36)

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