President Trump authorized a major operation over the weekend where special forces soldiers hunted and killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria.
President Trump didn’t notify members of Congress including Nancy Pelosi and he explained why.
According to the Daily Caller:
President Donald Trump said Sunday morning that he did not notify members of Congress ahead of the raid on Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi out of fear of leaks that could put special forces in danger.
The president told members of his administration to keep the raid secret and not notify Congress that special forces killed Baghdadi on Saturday night in northern Syria. Trump said he was in the process of notifying lawmakers about the details surrounding the ISIS leader’s death.
“We notified some. Others are being notified now as I speak,” Trump said at the White House of Baghdadi’s death. “We were going to notify them last night, but we decided not to do that because Washington leaks like I’ve never seen before.”
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Trump went on to say that “a leak could have caused the death of all of them [special forces who conducted the raid].”
Baghdadi has been known to be hiding near the Turkish border for years now. Trump acted on the intel he was given and watched the live feed as the operation was conducted.
