Sen. #TammyDuckworth (D-IL)∶ If it's true that we are not at #war with #Venezuela, will you advise the president to rescind his invocation of the wartime #AlienEnemiesAct?

#MarcoRubio∶ That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger

Duckworth∶ It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?

Rubio∶ No.

#geopolitics #law #immigration #DueProcess #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #oil #sovereignty #InternationalLaw

Sen. #JeanneShaheen (D-NH)∶ It's been reported that the #oil sold for $500 million & $300 million went to the Venezuelan government. What happened to the other $200 million?

#MarcoRubio∶ It's still sitting in the account is my understanding.

Shaheen∶ The account in #Qatar?

Rubio∶ Yes.

#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #corruption #Trump #Venezuela #oil #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

#RandPaul∶ What if a country indicts our president for violating a foreign law, should we extradite him or be okay if they get him by force?

#MarcoRubio∶ We're always going to act in our national interest

Paul∶ What I'm saying is our arguments are empty. It's a ruse. We do what we do because we have the force.

#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

More from #MarcoRubio #Senate hearing on #Venezuela, when #RandPaul is the sane person in the conversation …

PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?

RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition

PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!

#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #oil #sovereignty
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