Why the White House said the assassination of Suleimani was "imminent"? [View all]
Because they chose not to tell the Congress about it.
They didn't tell Pelosi. They didn't tell Steny Hoyer. They didn't tell Mitch McConnell. They didn't tell anyone in the Gang of Eight.
They did not want people to think they just ignored Congress. After all, Donald Trump is being impeached for Obstruction of Congress, mostly by refusing witnesses and documents. The attack upon Suleimani does not look good next to the impeachment charges.
That is why they chose to tell everyone that the attack was "imminent".
Of course, they have changed their story several times since the assassination. Now, it doesn't matter if it was "imminent" or not. He was a bad person.
Initially, it looked like another obstruction of Congress. They didn't want that narrative with the impeachment charges hanging over them.
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