US Congress was not told of Soleimani killing

January 03, 2020 10:44

Reports coming say that US lawmakers were not told of the attack ordered by President Donald Trump on top Iranian military commander, Qasem Soleimani.

The US strike conducted against Soleimani "went forward with no notification or consultation with Congress," House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Eliot Engel said in a statement.

While Democrats conceded that Soleimani was "the mastermind of immense violence" who has "the blood of Americans on his hands," "to push ahead with an action of this gravity without involving Congress raises serious legal problems and is an affront to Congress's powers as a coequal branch of government," the statement by a Democrat said.

Image: Iran's president Hassan Rouhani

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