'They Lie for a Living': Jeffries Rages At WH Claim About Pete Hegseth's Involvement In Second Boat Strike [View all]

Source: MEDIAite

Dec 1st, 2025, 4:06 pm


House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D) reacted to the White House claiming Adm. Frank M. Bradley, at the authorization of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, gave the order to strike an alleged drug-smuggling boat a second time.

The Trump administration has been rocked by a Washington Post report detailing Hegseth’s order to kill everyone on board an alleged drug-running boat, which resulted in a second strike on survivors.

“The White House is denying that Secretary Hegseth had anything to do with the double-tap strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats in the Caribbean. A, do you believe that? And B, if he or any other administration officials are found to have been culpable for any war crimes, do you think that Democrats will take any sort of punitive legislative action against them?” Jeffries was asked during his Monday presser on Capitol Hill.

“The White House is lying, but that’s no surprise, because they lie for a living, and the American people know it. It’s my understanding that Pete Hegseth, the so-called Secretary of Defense, was absolutely involved.

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