Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb has said President Donald Trump’s attacks on the judiciary seek to “weaken one of the only remaining pillars standing up to him.”
Discussing the legality of strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea, Cobb—a senior administration lawyer in Trump’s first term—said Americans were concerned about the president’s “unprecedented” abuses of power.
“The Constitution, really, is not adequate to deal with a president as evil as Trump is—somebody who desires to accumulate and abuse power,” Cobb said.
Why It Matters
Since early September, the United States has carried out strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean against alleged drug boats that have killed at least 83 people. According to the Trump administration, the attacks are legitimate, with Trump deploying his authority as commander in chief to take action against a “designated terrorist organization.”
The U.S. has deployed the world’s largest aircraft carrier and its strike group to the Caribbean Sea as the military’s campaign on alleged drug smuggling vessels continues. The intensive military buildup is seen as a way to pressurize Venezuela’s authoritarian socialist leader, Nicolás Maduro. The U.S. has accused him of heading a drug cartel, which he denies.
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