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The Trump administration just got caught doing something damning: preparing legal defenses—for its own war crimes.

A newly revealed memo from Trump’s Justice Department attempts to justify the airstrikes killing civilians on boats in the Caribbean Sea. But it doesn’t stop there. Buried at the end is something deeply sinister: a section offering legal immunity to troops and officials who follow Trump’s orders.

That’s not normal. It’s not standard. And it sure as hell doesn’t scream "innocent."

If you’re confident the orders are legal, why slip in a preemptive shield from prosecution?

It seems that even Trump’s own lawyers are scared they’re on the wrong side of U.S. and international law. And according to CNN, even the U.K.—one of our closest allies—has stopped sharing intelligence for fear of being complicit.

But while the GOP covers for Trump and blocks key testimony in Congress, The New Republic is chasing the truth when few others will.

To keep going, we need your support.

The Trump administration is claiming the authority to unilaterally execute civilians—without oversight, without evidence, and now, apparently, without accountability.

We need to hold him accountable. And that starts with fearless journalism, funded by readers like you, that sounds the alarm and keeps the pressure on the powerful.

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The New Republic

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