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Classified DOJ Memo Claims Trump 'Not Restricted' by US or International Law in Maduro Capture

Late in December of 2025, the US executed a secret mission called ‘Absolute Resolve’ to capture Maduro. (Credit: United States Department of Defense, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

A newly revealed Justice Department legal opinion asserts that US President Donald Trump was not constrained by either American or international law when he authorised a military-backed operation to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Trump argued that his constitutional powers as commander-in-chief and the framing of the mission as a law-enforcement action gave him authority to act.

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