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200 Foreign Guards, Hezbollah Links, and the Risk a “Major Foreign Power” Could Step In: Inside the U.S. Legal Memo Behind the Maduro Seizure

A newly disclosed legal opinion argues President Trump could deploy military force to back an extraterritorial arrest, while warning of escalation, foreign-backed security.

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Jan 14, 2026
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WASHINGTON — The newly disclosed Office of Legal Counsel memo reads less like a dry legal brief than a heavily redacted special-operations playbook.

In laying out the legal case for the Trump administ…

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