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BumRushDaShow

(165,753 posts)
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 09:53 AM Monday

Trump administration to brief members of Congress on Venezuela actions Monday

Source: msn/The Hill

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Trump administration officials will brief a select group of lawmakers on Monday on the operation in Venezuela to capture and arrest President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

The briefing on “Operation Absolute Resolve” will involve several administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, a source familiar with the matter told The Hill.

The briefing will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Monday on Capitol Hill. Leaders of the Senate and House Armed Services committees, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee will be invited to attend the classified briefing.

Also invited is the “Gang of Eight,” which includes Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and the top Democrat and Republican on the Senate and House Intelligence committees. Punchbowl News was first to report on the classified briefing.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-administration-to-brief-members-of-congress-on-venezuela-actions-monday/ar-AA1TzDB7

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Trump administration to brief members of Congress on Venezuela actions Monday (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Monday OP
Surprised he doesn't just address them through a closed circuit video screen Diamond_Dog Monday #1
NOTIFICATION after the FACT? ProudMNDemocrat Monday #2
See what I did here? The briefing on "OPERATION A(b)S(olute re)SOL(v)E"... Doodley Monday #3
The "Trump Administration" term is used a lot lately. Hidden behind the fence are many adminis traitors. twodogsbarking Monday #4

Diamond_Dog

(39,766 posts)
1. Surprised he doesn't just address them through a closed circuit video screen
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 09:57 AM
Monday

on his way to the golf course at Maralago.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,622 posts)
2. NOTIFICATION after the FACT?
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 10:11 AM
Monday

Not going to work, Dipshit!

TACO knew that Congress would not have approved such an act of aggression!

IMPEACHABLE offense. But Congressional Republicans LACK the balls to do it. Democrats will rile up the masses to demand it! 2026 will indeed be a bloodbath year, pun intended, for the MAGAts in Congress.

twodogsbarking

(17,580 posts)
4. The "Trump Administration" term is used a lot lately. Hidden behind the fence are many adminis traitors.
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 01:54 PM
Monday
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