Trump confirms he authorized CIA action in Venezuela

The CIA's operations are usually shrouded in secrecy, but Trump said on Wednesday he had authorized the spy agency to take unspecified action in Venezuela.

The CIA’s operations abroad are usually shrouded in secrecy, but President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had authorized it to take unspecified action in Venezuela, an extraordinary and unprecedented acknowledgment from a commander in chief.

“Why did you authorize the CIA to go into Venezuela?” a reporter asked Trump at the White House.

“I authorized for two reasons, really,” Trump said. “No. 1, they have emptied their prisons into the United States of America."

The second reason, he said, was narcotics trafficking.

“And the other thing are drugs. We have a lot of drugs coming in from Venezuela,” he said.