President Donald Trump authorized the CIA to take steps that could lead to the overthrow of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
According to the report, Trump signed a covert “finding” authorizing the CIA to conduct aggressive operations targeting the Maduro regime and its alleged narcotics network.
The document, while not explicitly ordering regime change, empowers the agency to take actions that could “lead to that outcome,” U.S. officials told the Post.
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