'No credible basis': Experts say US law doesn't justify Venezuela attack

Legal experts argue that a hypothetical US attack on Venezuela and the abduction of its president, Nicolas Maduro, would be a clear violation of international and US law. According to scholars, the action could not be justified as self-defense as there was no armed attack on the US, and it would require a congressional declaration of war which was not sought. While most experts cited agree the attack is illegal, one scholar suggests that decades of historical precedent could be used as a justification by the administration. The analysis follows a UN condemnation of the aggression against the Latin American country.