NBC host gives Rubio the third degree on Trump action without Congressional approval in Venezuela -

From the PEP Radio Newsroom, we have this story about an interview with Marco Rubio and Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press:
NBC’s Kristen Welker challenged Secretary of State Marco Rubio over President Donald Trump launching a strike against Venezuela and capturing its president Nicolás Maduro without the approval of congress.
The move sparked backlash from Democratic lawmakers who argued the action was “illegal.”
“White House chief of staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair that an attack on Venezuela’s mainland would require approval from Congress,” Welker told Rubio on Sunday’s “Meet the Press.” “Why didn’t that happen? And will it happen with any future action the administration plans to take in Venezuela or elsewhere?”
Welker was referencing a Dec. 16 interview, in which Wiles told the outlet that military action in Venezuela would require congressional approval.
Rubio pushed back on Welker’s question, telling her that Trump’s strike on the South American country was “not an action that required congressional approval” because it was “not an extended military operation.”
“This is a very precise operation that involved a couple of hours of action,” he said. “It was a very delicate operation, too. It was one that required all these conditions to be in place at the right time in the right place.”
The former Florida senator went on to argue the mission “couldn’t afford leaks” that “would have endangered the mission and gotten people killed or killed off the mission in the optionality.”
“We didn’t even know if the mission was going to happen. How can you notify something you’re not even sure if it can happen?” Rubio claimed. “Because in order for it to happen, you needed to have weather conditions in place … there were a lot of factors in place. It was a trigger-based operation.”
He then declared: “This was not an attack on Venezuela. This was a law enforcement function to capture an indicted drug trafficker.”
Welker didn’t let Rubio off the hook. She then grilled him over whether the Trump administration will “seek congressional approval for any further action in Venezuela or the region.”
“Well, we will seek congressional approval for actions that require congressional approval, but otherwise they will get congressional notification,” Rubio responded.
That’s what we know for now. From the PEP Radio Newsroom, I’m David Moore.

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