DOJ running quiet operation in Miami to hunt for charges on Cuban leaders, per sources
Donald Trump,World,Cuba,Communism,Foreign Affairs,The Americas,Caribbean,Marco Rubio,Venezuela
While President Donald Trump surprised some Thursday by predicting regime change soon in Cuba, an arm of the Justice Department has been running a quiet operation over the past several weeks to find criminal charges they could bring against Cuba's top leaders, according to two people familiar with the effort.
A Justice Department-led effort to seek to prosecute leaders of the communist nation on the nation's southern flank has been ongoing since mid-February, which could help propel a change in Cuba's leadership, the people told MS NOW...
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