Washington, Dec. 22 -- Congressman Ted W. Lieu issued the following press release:

Today, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter (https://lieu.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/lieu.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/12.22.25-judiciary-letter-to-doj-on-boat-strikes.pdf) to Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding that the Department of Justice (DOJ) open a criminal investigation into the Trump Administration's lethal military strikes in the Caribbean.

The Members cite deeply troubling reporting that, on September 2, 2025, following an initial strike on a small vessel in international waters off Venezuela, U.S. forces carried out a second attack on two surviv...