Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he was informed by the White House one day before the May 31 swap of five Taliban detainees in exchange for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, later adding the exchange did not violate the law.

“I’ve been told no, he did not violate the law,” the Nevada Democrat said in a response to a question about a 30-day statutory notification requirement. “In my own personal opinion, Guantánamo has been there far too long, and I think we should get them out of there as quick as we can. We’ve been held up from doing that by the Republicans not wanting them, any of them to be tried here in the United States.”