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Representative Jamie Raskin accused Donald Trump of “ginning up” a potential war in Venezuela to distract the public after Senator Mark Warner warned that strikes on boats and troop deployments lack clear legal and strategic justification.Raskin cited Trump’s pardon of Oscar Orlando Hernandez and falling drug prosecutions amid shifting enforcement to immigration cases, while Warner demanded release of video, legal opinions and after‑action reports from a September Caribbean strike.
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