Hegseth to Share Venezuela Boat Strike Video With More Lawmakers

December 16, 2025, 5:29 PM UTC

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump administration will show additional lawmakers the unedited video of a boat strike in the Caribbean Sea that prompted allegations of war crimes, as pressure continues to mount from both parties for its public release.

Hegseth said members of the House and Senate armed services committees will get the full video on Wednesday, as well as a briefing from Admiral Frank Bradley, who oversaw the Sept. 2 operation and ordered a second strike that killed survivors on the boat. But Hegseth again rejected the idea of distributing it more broadly.

“We’re not going to ...

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