Democrats Demand DOJ Investigate Caribbean Boat Strikes as Crimes

[Uncle Joe]

Reps. Jamie Raskin and Ted Lieu wrote that the administration’s entire bombing campaign “appears to be unlawful.”

Two Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have formally asked the Department of Justice to criminally investigate whether the Trump administration committed war crimes — or premeditated murder — by directing the military to conduct the double-tap missile strike that targeted survivors clinging to a boat in the Caribbean in September.

“Given what we know about September 2, it must be one or the other,” Ranking Member Jamie Raskin and Rep. Ted Lieu wrote in a five-page letter on Monday.

Both Democrats emphasized that the Trump administration’s ongoing bombing campaign against sailors off the coast of South America “appears to be unlawful,” given that Congress has not approved any kind of military force against Venezuela or the drug cartels that the White House claims to be targeting without supporting evidence of their alleged crimes.

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“Giving a general order to kill any survivors constitutes a war crime. Similarly, carrying out such an order also constitutes a war crime,” they wrote, pointing to the military’s own courts-martial manual.

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https://www.notus.org/congress/democrats-doj-investigate-caribbean-boat-strikes-war-crimes

[J_William_Ryan]

1. "Democrats Demand DOJ Investigate Caribbean Boat Strikes as Crimes"

Well, that’s not going to happen.

You can’t expect a criminal organization such as Trump’s DOJ to investigate Trump’s crimes.

[Uncle Joe]

2. That's correct, but the mere action taken by Raskin, and Lieu in calling for justice against

blatant war crimes and cold blooded murder combined with my word is my Bondi's blatant disregard for her oath to the Constitution and the law will at the very least cost them politically which in turn will increase the chances they will ultimately pay a legal price as well.