Pam Bondi

military conducted an overnight operation to capture the alleged narco-traffickers.

Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee says he spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio after Lee raised questions about a constitutional basis for the U.S.

to act without explicit authorization from Congress.

Keri Johnson, NPR News, Washington.

Pam Bondi is breaking the law.

And this is the corrupt system, the Epstein class that people are sick of.

What consequences would the Attorney General face?

Pam Bondi is breaking the law.

And this is the corrupt system, the Epstein class that people are sick of.

So I believe we're going to get bipartisan support in holding her accountable.

And I think the most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi.

Bondi posted a video on social media showing U.S.

forces boarding the vast oil tanker by helicopter.

She said U.S.

agents executed a seizure warrant on board and that the tanker has been sanctioned for years and is known to smuggle crude oil from Venezuela and also Iran.

President Trump has ratcheted up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whom he accuses of narco-trafficking.

The U.S.

has assembled the largest naval fleet in decades off the Venezuelan coast and offered $50 million for Maduro's arrest.

This news came as pro-democracy activist Maria Corina Machado snuck out of hiding in Venezuela en route to Norway to collect the Nobel Peace Prize.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.