Top Senate Intel Democrat demands more info from Trump administration on its Venezuela actions
Source: ABC News
December 14, 2025, 11:11 AM
As the Trump administration escalates its pressure campaign against Venezuela, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee on Sunday demanded officials provide more information to Congress about the administration's ultimate objective with the Latin American country.
"What is President Trump's theory of the case? Is it regime change? We've got -- an amassed force almost unprecedented in the region, and I think the president needs to come to Congress and the American people if his goal is to further increase pressure on Maduro and potentially launch forces," Virginia Sen. Mark Warner told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz.
"I do not know what this president's goal vis-a-vis Venezuela is," Warner added. "We all know the history of American intervention in Central America and South America over the last 100 years has not been a great story."
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Ohio Rep. Mike Turner, a Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, also took issue with the lack of information the administration provided.
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