Washington, Jan. 3 -- Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi issued the following press release:
"Venezuela is ruled by an illegitimate regime, but the Trump Administration has not made the case that an urgent threat to America's national security existed to justify the use of U.S. military force. President Trump has made no secret of his intentions to effectively abolish the Congress, and that pattern continues today with his flagrant disregard for the Article One war powers of Congress which is essential to our constitutional system of checks and balances.
"If the President grounds his actions on the basis of drug trafficking charges, it is entirely hypocritical in light of his recent pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez who w...