Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both justified the United States’s overnight invasion of Venezuela and capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro, as a law-enforcement action, rather than an act of war. Thus, they argued, Trump didn’t need congressional authorization.

But Trump’s own words — his description of the attack, his justification for the attack, and his plans for Venezuela’s future — make it clear this was in fact an act of war. Presidents are not allowed to wage war without authorization from Congress.

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Here’s Vance citing “indictments” to legally justify the military action:

And PSA for everyone saying this was "illegal":

Maduro........

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