1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

This is a demand for immediate action. Reports that U.S. military strikes ordered by President Trump hit the wrong village in Nigeria—killing civilians who posed no threat to the United States—are not a “mistake,” not a “fog of war,” and not something Congress can shrug off and move past. If these reports are accurate, they describe the unlawful killing of civilians. That is not defense. That is a war crime. The United States is not a mafia state. We do not get to bomb first, ask questions later, and issue hollow apologies after innocent people are dead. The President does not have unchecked authority to carry out lethal force across the globe, especially in countries where Congress has not declared war and where civilians pay the price for reckless aggression. These strikes—carried out with apparent disregard for human life, due process, or international law—reveal a pattern of behavior rooted in bullying, impunity, and contempt for accountability. That is not strength. That is moral collapse. Congress is not a spectator. You are not powerless. The Constitution gives you the authority over war powers. If you allow the Executive Branch to carry out illegal strikes, kill civilians, and violate international law without consequence, then you are complicit. I am demanding that Congress: • Immediately investigate the strikes carried out in Nigeria • Publicly disclose who authorized them, under what legal authority, and with what intelligence • Halt any further unauthorized military action in the region • Reassert Congressional war powers as required by the Constitution • Hold accountable any official responsible for unlawful killings The United States should not be murdering people left and right and calling it “policy.” Civilian deaths are not collateral damage to be waved away—they are human lives. Every one of them stains our credibility, our laws, and our conscience. History will remember whether Congress stood up to an out-of-control Executive Branch—or whether it chose silence while innocent people were killed in our name. Do your job. Stop this now.