By Patricia Zengerle and Bo Erickson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Trump administration officials briefed members of the Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday about strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats off Venezuela, after frustration in Congress about a lack of transparency about the operation.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders and senior members of national security committees for about an hour, discussing U.S. strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific that have killed dozens of people since early September.

President Donald Trump’s administration insists those targeted were transporting drugs, without providing evidence or publicly explaining the legal justification for the d

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