BREAKING: Trump attorneys get the news they FEARED MOST

Democracy Defenders Fund has launched a two-pronged legal effort against Trump administration lawyers. The first prong involves filing administrative complaints with the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility, seeking accountability for lawyers who allegedly authored a memo justifying the extraction of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and the seizure of the country's oil. This is framed as a violation of Article One of the US Constitution, which reserves the power to declare war and authorize acts of war to Congress, and the UN Charter, which prohibits acts of aggression.

Norm Eisen states, "We're going after the law licenses of the Trump administration lawyers who have according to a report that broke given a legal memo saying it is legal to extract a foreign head of state and to extract the oil of that state and control the proceeds... Nowhere in the constitution will you find that... both of those as we'll discuss are the prerogatives of congress under article one." (0:29)

The second prong of the legal strategy is to obtain the controversial legal memo through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) demands. The organization believes the memo is being hidden due to its questionable legal advice and the culpability of its authors. If the memo is not produced, Democracy Defenders Fund is prepared to pursue the matter in court.

Eisen explains, "Number two, we're moving under the Freedom of Information Laws. We've demanded the memo... We're not shy about going to court if they don't produce materials." (1:30)

The guest highlights previous successes in holding government attorneys accountable, citing the disbarment of John Eastman, who was the 'intellectual architect' of the attempted 2020 coup, and other individuals who lost their law licenses. This history demonstrates that such disciplinary actions against lawyers for enabling illegal conduct are achievable.

Eisen states, "I took away the law licenses of multiple people. We were part of a coalition effort to take away the law licenses of multiple people who were part of Donald Trump's attempted coup of 2020... I co-authored the bar complaint against John Eastman... the bar determined that John Eastman was not fit to practice law." (4:50)

Even when targeting a 'brutal dictator' like Maduro, using illegal means is condemned as it makes the US 'as bad as them' and sets dangerous international precedents. This 'Donro doctrine' (a play on the Monroe Doctrine) signals to adversaries like Putin and Xi that they can similarly disregard international law to seize territories or resources, ultimately hurting US interests and global stability.

Eisen argues, "You can never go after illegal actors with illegal means. That makes us as bad as them... What is the message that this sends to our allies? It makes Putin more likely to continue in Ukraine... It makes President Xi in China more likely to go to Taiwan... because they say both Putin and Xi and other tyrants around the world can say, 'Well, Trump did it. Why can't we?'" (8:50)