Pritzker: Trump’s military action in Venezuela is ‘unconstitutional’

President Donald Trump is praising the United States military for capturing Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, but Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says the president’s action is unconstitutional.

The president held a press conference at the White House Saturday and said the U.S. Armed Forces conducted an extraordinary military operation in Caracas late Friday and early Saturday to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

“Maduro and Flores have been indicted in the Southern District of New York, [by U.S. Attorney] Jay Clayton, for their campaign of deadly narcoterrorism against the United States and its citizens,” Trump said, adding that the U.S. was prepared to launch a second-wave attack in Venezuela if necessary.

The president said no U.S. service members were killed and no U.S.. equipment was lost during the operation.

Trump said Venezuela would be under U.S. control.

“We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and jud...