WASHINGTON—Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Dec. 16 that the Pentagon will release to select lawmakers the full video of the September strike on a drug trafficking boat that killed survivors of an initial strike, but did not say whether all members of Congress would be able to see it.
The video will not be released to the general public, Hegseth said.
The Sept. 2 boat strike has generated controversy on Capitol Hill. Some Republicans have defended the strike as necessary in the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on drug trafficking rings in the South Caribbean, as well as what some lawmakers said increasingly appears to be an attempt to force Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power….
Hegseth Says Video of Sept. 2 Boat Strike Will Be Released to Select Lawmakers
