Pete Hegseth responded to all this with the smirking, adolescent sadism of a schoolyard bully pulling the legs off of a spider. Now juxtapose this with the horror experienced by a source who saw the imagery of the men being blown apart in the water:

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This is a big deal: Jack Goldsmith, former head of OLC, says that if WaPo's report is right, Pete Hegseth's order might have been an illegal one.

WaPo reports that the commander overseeing the strikes gave a rationale but Goldsmith says it doesn't hold up:

newrepublic.com/article/2037...

Pete Hegseth denies he gave the order to kill them all. But even some Republicans now appear to be demanding answers, so Frank Bradley, who oversaw the bombings, is in discussions with House Armed Services about coming in.

Rep Adam Smith lays out his Qs to me here:

newrepublic.com/article/2037...

Yep. This was a prosecution developed by the professionals at the DOJ under Trump 1.0, despite the fact that the first Trump admin's DHS was actively working with JOH on migration, and praising him as a valuable ally.

Here's Chad Wolf meeting JOH in 2020, AFTER his brother had been convicted.