""I keep getting calls about this from congressmen," Trump explained in a recent meeting with top officials."
""We're confident in the intelligence we have and when it's been presented by Rubio to the Gang of Eight, they support it," an official said. "What Congress doesn't support is not knowing about it.""
""indefensible and dangerous.""
Trump instructed staff to conduct additional briefings for lawmakers after receiving complaints from members of Congress. Secretary of State Marco Rubio provided at least one briefing to the Gang of Eight and is scheduled to brief lawmakers on Capitol Hill with Pentagon lawyers. The Gang of Eight briefings may be expanded to include more members of Congress. A GOP-only briefing for select senators provoked Democratic outrage and drew criticism from Sen. Mark Warner. A subsequent bipartisan briefing for the House Armed Services panel left many Democrats unsatisfied with the administration's legal explanations. U.S. naval forces have been deployed off Venezuela to interdict drug trafficking and pressure Maduro.
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