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Schumer demands Hegseth to release Venezuela strike video
(MENAFN) US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday renewed his demand that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth release the full video of a second strike on suspected drug smugglers off Venezuela, signaling potential consequences for Pentagon travel funding.
"Pete Hegseth must release the unedited videos of his reckless and dangerous strikes in the Caribbean. Congress will withhold a big chunk of his travel budget until he does so. The American people deserve full transparency," Schumer wrote on the US social media company X.
Congress is reportedly moving to freeze part of Hegseth’s travel budget until the Pentagon provides the video footage of the second strike from the Sept. 2 incident. That strike has drawn scrutiny due to allegations that two survivors clinging to wreckage may have been killed. Last week, the administration only showed the footage to select members of Congress in a closed session.
On Sunday night, the House of Representatives introduced a broad defense policy package authorizing $901 billion in US military spending for the next fiscal year. The package would freeze a quarter of Hegseth’s office travel budget until the House and Senate Armed Services committees receive “unedited video of strikes carried out against designated terrorist organizations within the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility.”
US President Donald Trump on Monday said he will leave the decision about releasing the full video to Hegseth, stepping back from his earlier remarks. “I don't know what they have, but whatever they have would certainly (be) released. No problem,” Trump told reporters last week.
Hegseth, speaking at a California forum on Saturday, also avoided confirming whether the video would be released, stating, “We are reviewing the process, and we’ll see.”
The Sept. 2 strike marked the first of 22 Pentagon operations that have killed more than 85 people. Hegseth said the strikes will continue. While the administration maintains the operation was lawful and necessary, some members of Congress and legal experts have expressed concerns, with some Democrats warning that targeting survivors could constitute a war crime.
"Pete Hegseth must release the unedited videos of his reckless and dangerous strikes in the Caribbean. Congress will withhold a big chunk of his travel budget until he does so. The American people deserve full transparency," Schumer wrote on the US social media company X.
Congress is reportedly moving to freeze part of Hegseth’s travel budget until the Pentagon provides the video footage of the second strike from the Sept. 2 incident. That strike has drawn scrutiny due to allegations that two survivors clinging to wreckage may have been killed. Last week, the administration only showed the footage to select members of Congress in a closed session.
On Sunday night, the House of Representatives introduced a broad defense policy package authorizing $901 billion in US military spending for the next fiscal year. The package would freeze a quarter of Hegseth’s office travel budget until the House and Senate Armed Services committees receive “unedited video of strikes carried out against designated terrorist organizations within the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility.”
US President Donald Trump on Monday said he will leave the decision about releasing the full video to Hegseth, stepping back from his earlier remarks. “I don't know what they have, but whatever they have would certainly (be) released. No problem,” Trump told reporters last week.
Hegseth, speaking at a California forum on Saturday, also avoided confirming whether the video would be released, stating, “We are reviewing the process, and we’ll see.”
The Sept. 2 strike marked the first of 22 Pentagon operations that have killed more than 85 people. Hegseth said the strikes will continue. While the administration maintains the operation was lawful and necessary, some members of Congress and legal experts have expressed concerns, with some Democrats warning that targeting survivors could constitute a war crime.
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