Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) claimed the legality of the Trump administration’s military strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea were “questionable at best.”
Partial transcript as follows:
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, on that point, in terms of lawful and unlawful orders, it gets complicated for rank-and-file to understand. I understand and other networks have reported that the senior judge advocate down at SOUTHCOM raised serious doubts about the legality of the strikes on those alleged drug votes, but was contradicted by lawyers at the executive branch. Have you spoken to the SOUTHCOM commander? Do you- are you hearing that there are unlawful orders being given?
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KELLY: Well, we’re hearing the same thing that you are. The administration hasn’t shared
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