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‘They lied to our face’: Democrats decry Trump’s military raid on Venezuela


Lawmakers call US intervention and capture of Maduro ‘wildly illegal’ and say it lacked congressional approval

Trump’s Venezuela intervention: latest updates

Democratic leaders responded with fury on Sunday to Donald Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela, slamming it as an illegal act carried out in the absence of required congressional approval that would lead to disaster for the American people.

Top Democrats took to the Sunday TV political talk shows to express their dismay at the lack of any prior notification of lawmakers about the audacious military raid 24 hours earlier.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/04/democrats-trump-white-house-venezuela

Author : Ed Pilkington in New York

Publish date : 2026-01-04 18:12:00

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