Grassley protests exclusion from Venezuela briefing, given ‘law enforcement’ justification

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, respectively, slammed the Trump administration for not including them in a Monday briefing on the operation in Venezuela to capture Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The two senators, citing the administration’s argument that the mission…