· days before the u. s. Military operation against venezuela ’s nicolás maduro said such a move would “not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense” and. · memo on us military raid to capture venezuela ’s president effectively argued that presidents can blow through un charter us politics live – latest updates the trump administration received. The newly released memo warned that us aircraft might encounter dozens of air defense systems. · a justice department memo made public tuesday concluded that president trump had constitutional authority to send military forces into venezuela to help arrest its president, nicolás maduro. · a legal memo that came out days before the u. s. Military operation that removed venezuela ’s nicolás maduro from power, trump administration lawyers blessed the action by saying it would “not rise to the level of a war. · the us expected significant resistance from venezuela during the maduro raid , a doj memo said. · a recently declassified legal opinion has shed light on the trump administrations justification for the military operation that ousted venezuela ’s nicolás maduro , revealing lawyers deemed the. A newly released doj memo reveals insight into how the trump administration planned the raid. · us planning for the maduro raid focused on a time when much of venezuela s military would be away.