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A former GOP lawmaker agreed when asked if President Trump had abused his powers in signing off the assassination of an Iranian government commander.

Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI), who now sits as an independent, said he had not seen any evidence to justify the drone strike on Gen. Qasem Soleimani.

“Based on the information I have from the classified briefing I attended, I do think [he abused his power],” Amash told CNN’s Erin Burnett.

“Every military action that is non-defensive has to have congressional authorization under our Constitution. So, we have a 2001 authorization, for example, to go after the 9/11 perpetrators. We have a 2002 authorization to go after Saddam Hussein’s regime. But there’s no authorization that is pertinent to this particular circumstance.”

“So, the only way the President can act is defensively. So, there has to be imminence. If there’s no imminence, then it’s not authorized.”

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