'They Lie for a Living': Jeffries Rages At WH Claim About Pete Hegseth's Involvement In Second Boat Strike

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Source: MEDIAite

Dec 1st, 2025, 4:06 pm


House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D) reacted to the White House claiming Adm. Frank M. Bradley, at the authorization of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, gave the order to strike an alleged drug-smuggling boat a second time.

The Trump administration has been rocked by a Washington Post report detailing Hegseth’s order to kill everyone on board an alleged drug-running boat, which resulted in a second strike on survivors.

“The White House is denying that Secretary Hegseth had anything to do with the double-tap strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats in the Caribbean. A, do you believe that? And B, if he or any other administration officials are found to have been culpable for any war crimes, do you think that Democrats will take any sort of punitive legislative action against them?” Jeffries was asked during his Monday presser on Capitol Hill.

“The White House is lying, but that’s no surprise, because they lie for a living, and the American people know it. It’s my understanding that Pete Hegseth, the so-called Secretary of Defense, was absolutely involved.

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1. Mahalo BRDS & Hakeem Jeffries!

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2. from the department of war manual

As far as military exigencies permit, after each naval engagement, all possible measures
should be taken without delay to search for and collect the wounded, sick, and shipwrecked, and
to recover the dead.70
13.3.5 Surrender by Enemy Vessels. The general rules on the protection of persons hors
de combat, including the rule prohibiting the attack of persons who have surrendered, also apply
to enemy vessels.71
In particular, it is forbidden to make an enemy vessel the object of attack if
it has genuinely, clearly, and unconditionally surrendered, in circumstances in which it is feasible
to accept such surrender.72
Once an enemy vessel has clearly indicated a readiness to surrender, the attack must be
discontinued.73
Indicia of surrender by vessels may include:
• hauling down her flag;
• hoisting a white flag;
74
• surfacing (in the case of submarines);
75
• stopping engines and responding to the attacker’s signals;
76 or
70 Refer to § 7.4.1 (GWS-Sea Obligation Regarding the Search, Collection, and Affirmative Protection of the
Wounded, Sick, Shipwrecked, and Dead).
71 Refer to § 5.9.3 (Persons Who Have Surrendered).
72 2007 NWP ¶8.6.1 (“It is forbidden, however, to target an enemy warship or military aircraft that in good faith
unambiguously and effectively conveys a timely offer of surrender.”); 1955 NWIP ¶511c (“It is forbidden to refuse
quarter to any enemy who has surrendered in good faith. In particular, it is forbidden either to continue to attack
enemy warships and military aircraft which have clearly indicated a readiness to surrender or to fire upon the
survivors of such vessels and aircraft who no longer have the means to defend themselves.”).
73 2007 NWP 1-14M ¶8.6.1 (“Once an enemy warship has clearly indicated a readiness to surrender, such as by
hauling down her flag, by hoisting a white flag, by surfacing (in the case of submarines), by stopping engine