Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a member of the Armed Services Committee, said Sunday that the body will put military officials “under oath” regarding reported follow-up strikes on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.
“We’re going to have an investigation,” Kelly told host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “We’re going to have a public hearing. We’re going to put these folks under oath. And we’re going to find out what happened. And then, there needs to be accountability.”
CNN and The Washington Post reported Friday that the U.S. carried out a second strike on an accused drug-smuggling boat off the coast of Venezuela on Sept. 2, killing the remaining survivors of its initial attack.
Other than leaving a record for future generations, what are the possible products of this investigation? Impeach Hegseth or whoever gave the order?
I don’t want to be a downer, but this administration has no shame. No one is going to resign unless Donnie thinks they make him look
badweak. It’s practically a given that this administration’s DOJ isn’t going to prosecute anyone for contempt of congress, or perjury, or war crimes in service of the executive branch (assuming that whoever doesn’t get straight up pardoned first). They’ll cry “witch hunt” for the nth time, the maga crowd will eat it up, and no one’s mind will change until such time comes when this administration is only a memory.Fuck me this feels bleak. Maybe I need to see a therapist.
Just like the no kings protests and the people standing up to ICE raids, it’s about using the power you have to say no. He’s a senator and he has the power to waste their time and make them sit in a place they don’t want to be. It’s not much, it’s probably not enough, but not doing anything is worse.