There apparently was a OLC memo, an Office of Legal Counsel memo, giving the legal basis for this, but that is also classified. So I will have to get permission to go read that again in a skiff. The American people have a right to know. That should be declassified. People should know what legal basis President Trump had to do this operation. And frankly, President Trump, why he wants to run Venezuela when he's not even running the United States? (06:38–06:42)
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Asserts that the legal basis for the operation should be declassified for public knowledge.
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