Republocrats Signal End to Its Probe of Trump's Alleged Boat Strikes in Venezuala and Fail to Release So-Called Unedited Video of the 2nd Strike [original videos all look AI generated]

From [HERE] Top Republican lawmakers have signaled they are ending their inquiries into a controversial U.S. military strike on an alleged drug smuggling vessel in the waters off Venezuela.

Sen. Roger Wicker (Mississippi), Republican chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a statement Thursday that he had seen “no evidence of war crimes” in the Sept. 2 operation that killed two survivors of an initial U.S. attack on their boat. He expressed confidence that the Trump administration’s military campaign around Latin America, responsible to date for the deaths of nearly 100 people, has been conducted “based on sound legal advice.”

His comments come a day after Rep. Mike D. Rogers (R-Alabama), who leads the House Armed Services Committee, said he will shutter a parallel inquiry. Rogers told reporters that he, too, was “satisfied” that members of his panel had been able to directly question the military officials who oversaw the Sept. 2 strike, which killed 11 people in all, and that he had concluded the operation followed a “lawful process.”

Wicker’s statement does not specify that his probe is ending immediately or whether he would seek any additional materials from the Defense Department related to the operation. [MORE]