Trump Administration Draws Up New Legal Justification for Raid on Maduro

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Ian Bassin
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I was a White House lawyer and this is not how it works.

You don’t draw up a new legal justification *after* you conduct the attack.

It proves what we know: Their attitude is “F- you to the law. We do whatever we want.” Illegal, unamerican, and dangerous.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-administration-draws-up-new-legal-justification-for-maduro-operation-295bc317

Trump Administration Draws Up New Legal Justification for Raid on Maduro
The Justice Department’s opinion is expected to say the operation was lawful because it was part of a law-enforcement action.
www.wsj.com
2:50 AM · Jan 8, 2026

I was a White House lawyer and this is not how it works.

You don’t draw up a new legal justification *after* you conduct the attack.

It proves what we know: Their attitude is “F- you to the law. We do whatever we want.” Illegal, unamerican, and dangerous. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

— Ian Bassin (@ianbassin.bsky.social) 2026-01-08T07:50:06.248Z

[in2herbs]

1. The problem with their new justification is that when they were blowing people up in their boats they justified

that action by calling it a war on drugs. But now it's a law enforcement action?

Wasn't this about the time Hegsbreath renamed the DOD to the Dept of War?