Sen. Lee, Republican from Utah, heavily criticizes Trump admin.'s briefing for senators on Iran: 'It was probably the worst briefing I've seen at least on a military issue in the nine years I've served'
Democrats said that they didn’t hear anything during the closed-door briefing that suggested there was intelligence that showed Soleimani posed an imminent threat to the U.S. They also said that they were not satisfied with the legal justification on which officials are basing the airstrike, which is the authorization for the use of military force passed by Congress in 2002 to invade Iraq.
"No case was made for imminence. No case was made for thinking this through, and I leave more troubled than when I went into it," he said.:"The bottom line is this: I did not hear evidence of a specific imminent threat that would allow an attack without congressional authorization. With consequences as serious as these, that is unacceptable. Congress needs to act."
Most Republicans, however, left the briefing with a different interpretation of what was presented, defending the president and the strike. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., told reporters after the Senate briefing that he was convinced Soleimani posed an urgent threat to the U.S. and that the U.S. was right to attack him.
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