Congress resorts to extortion to force Hegseth to release drug boat strike video

[mystery-ak]

Congress resorts to extortion to force Hegseth to release drug boat strike video
December 9, 2025 | Chris Donaldson

Congress is turning to extortion to force the Pentagon to release video of a deadly strike on drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean, moving to hold Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s travel budget hostage if he doesn’t comply.

Democrats and their GOP allies have seized on the September 2 military operation that took place off the Venezuelan coast, where a second strike was used to finish off two surviving narco-terrorists, the basis for another ginned-up scandal and the latest effort to remove Hegseth from the chain of command and replace him with someone not loyal to President Donald J. Trump.

In a move to pressure Hegseth, lawmakers are looking to withhold a quarter of his travel budget if the Pentagon doesn’t give them the video, burying the provision deep inside a compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual funding bill that traditionally draws bipartisan support.

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[Camp]

A quarter of his travel budget?

Go ahead.

 

[GtHawk]

Is there a way the American people can withhold a quarter of congress critters budget until they do their actual jobs? Of course not, because they make the rules that line their pockets, and outside of an election, they only answer to themselves.