Rand Paul calls Venezuela boat airstrikes extrajudicial killings | JQJO

Republican senator Rand Paul denounced the Trump administration’s recent airstrikes on boats off Venezuela as “extrajudicial killings,” saying Congress has received no evidence or briefings about the operations. On Fox News Sunday, Paul contrasted the killings—about 40 people in at least eight strikes, according to the administration—with executions by China and Iran, and noted he joined Democrats Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff on a failed war powers resolution. Trump has said he sees no need for authorization, adding the U.S. will “kill” suspected drug smugglers.