Mark Warner: “The legal decision was made late July. The opinion was not…”

“I have a lot of questions. I've requested documents in terms of the execution order, the issue around the legal opinion, and whether it was changed at all. The legal opinion. The legal decision was made late July. The opinion was not issued in writing until three days after this strike. We're talking about charges that are beyond serious, implicating potentially war crimes. And I feel an obligation to make sure that I have all the facts first before I render any judgments.” (00:34–00:43)

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