The Justice Department is preparing to indict Cuban leaders as President Trump says the island country is ‘going to fall.’
According to The Washington Post and NBC News, Florida prosecutors are exploring federal charges against Cuba Regime officials.
On Friday, in an interview with CNN, Trump again said that Cuba is going to fall soon.
President Trump told CNN that he is deploying Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Cuba.
President Trump says Cuba is “about to fall” and “we’re going to put Marco over there”. pic.twitter.com/keNVsdqviY
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Trump made the same claim on Thursday in a press gaggle.
“Cuba is going to fall too,” Trump said on Thursday. “They need help. We are talking to Cuba.”
Federal prosecutors are looking to charge Communist Cuban leaders in cases related to drugs or violence.
NBC News reported:
As President Donald Trump suggests that Cuba could soon fall, his administration has begun exploring whether federal prosecutors could charge members of the regime or the Communist Party with crimes, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The administration is working to develop possible criminal cases tied to issues like drugs or violence, according to the person. The multiagency effort started recently, the person said.
U.S. officials charged Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife with drug conspiracy charges in the U.S., after they were captured by the military in January at a compound in Caracas. They have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Federal charges against Cuban officials could ratchet up public pressure on the country and could be used as the basis to levy additional economic sanctions imposed by the State Department, which is been consulted as part of the effort, according to the person familiar with the matter. The U.S. already has a commercial, economic, and financial embargo on Cuba that dates back decades.
DEVELOPING…
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