WASHINGTON — The U.S. is in the process of gathering more details on the tanker it took hold of off the coast of Venezuela and plans to seize the oil aboard it, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday.

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he U.S. is in the process of gathering more details on the tanker it seized off the coast of Venezuela and plans to keep the oil on board it, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday

Leavitt said the U.S. has an investigative team on the ground doing interviews and collecting evidence and will follow the legal process for seizing the oil

The administration's seizure of the oil tanker on Wednesday comes as tensions are flaring between the U.S. and Venezuela’s and its leader, Nicolás Maduro; Aiding in the high temperatures betwe

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