People watch the USS Gravely depart the Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago on October 30. The warship arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on October 26, for joint exercises near the coast of Venezuela, as the Trump administration ratcheted up pressure on Venezuela. Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images

Trump administration officials told lawmakers on Wednesday that the US is not currently planning to launch strikes inside Venezuela and doesn’t have a legal justification that would support attacks against any land targets right now, according to sources familiar with the briefing conducted by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and an official from the White House’s Office of Legal Counsel.

Lawmakers were told during the classified session that the opinion produced by

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