Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.), an Independent who left the Republican Party last year, said Sunday that President Trump’s claim that Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was plotting attacks against four U.S. embassies “seems to be totally made up.”
“The administration didn’t present evidence to Congress regarding even one embassy,” Amash tweeted.
“And they have never presented evidence of imminence — a necessary condition to act without congressional approval — with respect to any of this,” he added, referencing Trump administration officials’ justification for launching an airstrike that killed Soleimani.
The administration didn’t present evidence to Congress regarding even one embassy. The four embassies claim seems to be totally made up. And they have never presented evidence of imminence—a necessary condition to act without congressional approval—with respect to any of this. https://t.co/Eg0vaCnqFd
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) January 12, 2020
Senior administration officials have said that Soleimani posed an imminent threat to American lives, though have not offered details on that position. Trump told Fox News on Friday that he believed four embassies, including the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, was being targeted.
Amash’s statements came just hours after Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that he had not seen any “specific evidence” that supported Trump’s claim that Iran was planning attacks on four embassies. Rather, Esper argued that Trump’s position was that “there probably and could’ve been attacks against additional embassies.”
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Justin Amash: Trump claim about US embassy threats "seems to be totally made up" https://t.co/NKpnyqV4tQ pic.twitter.com/dZykX3V3QC
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