Legality of US military activity around Venezuela is 'questionable,' Sen. Mark Kelly says
Source: ABC News
October 26, 2025, 11:00 AM
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly said Sunday that the legality of the Trump administration sending an aircraft carrier battle group to waters around Central and South America is “questionable.” The move comes as the U.S. military carried out its 10th strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat, all of them in international waters.
"The White House and the Department of Defense could not give us a logical explanation on how this is legal," Kelly told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz. "They were tying themselves in knots trying to explain this. We had a lot of questions for them, both Democrats and Republicans. It was not a good meeting. It did not go well."
Kelly also criticized the possibility of the United States military conducting land attacks in Venezuela.
"You don't move a battlegroup all the way from where it was to the Caribbean. Unless you're planning on either to intimidate the country, which is rather intimidating, or you're going to start conducting combat operations in Venezuela. And this doesn't make the United States more safe. This makes us less safe. I mean, starting a war against Venezuela over what is a law enforcement action does not make any sense," Kelly said.
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