US EditionLeavitt Distances Trump From Noem, Miller Rhetoric on Pretti Killing
White House spokeswoman Leavitt distanced President Trump from senior officials' false claims about the Minneapolis shooting, prompting removal of a Border Patrol official amid political fallout.
- When footage surfaced Saturday showing a Border Patrol agent shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, senior Trump administration officials quickly labeled him a 'domestic terrorist' and suggested he 'brandished' a gun.
- Faced with widespread outcry, the White House pulled Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino from Minneapolis on Monday and Karoline Leavitt declined to defend attacks on Pretti.
- Video footage from several angles shows Alex Pretti was shot roughly 10 times while filming immigration agents, and senior officials, including Gregory Bovino, offered no evidence supporting false claims.
- Politically, the incident became one of the gravest threats to President Donald Trump since his inauguration, drawing criticism from Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill and threats to withhold ICE funding, while the National Rifle Association defended Pretti.
- Monday evening, President Donald Trump met nearly two hours in the Oval Office with Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski and dispatched Tom Homan to oversee Minneapolis operations.
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Stephen Colbert calls 'BS' on Trump administration's response to ICE killing
Stephen Colbert's monologue on Monday had a far more serious tone than usual, with the Late Show host discussing ICE's killing of nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday."Masked government agents disarmed an American citizen and then executed him in the streets," says Colbert, describing what videos of the shooting showed despite what the Trump administration has tried to claim. Colbert goes on to respond to Trump officials trying to refram…
White House distances Trump from initial response to Minnesota killing
WASHINGTON — Faced with broad outcry over the killing of a protester Saturday in Minneapolis, the White House pulled a top border official from the city Monday and tried to distance President Donald Trump from the response of his most senior officials, who had immediately characterized the man fatally shot by federal agents as a “domestic terrorist” who was “brandishing” a gun, before video evidence undercut their charges.
Trump consultant Stephen Miller calls a shot nurse a "killer". The White House dissociates itself from the words. Donald Trump wants to wait for the investigation, says his spokesperson Karoline Leavitt and avoids questions about an apology.
White House Distances Trump From "Assassin" Comment On Minnesota Protester
The White House on Monday made an effort to distance President Donald Trump from comments made by several members of his administration that criminalized Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed Saturday by a Border Patrol officer.
How Trump Officials’ Rhetoric Backfired in Minnesota
When footage surfaced on Saturday of a border patrol agent shooting and killing Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, top Trump administration officials wasted no time characterizing what happened. White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller called Pretti “a domestic terrorist” who had tried to “assassinate federal law enforcement.” Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem said that he “was there to perpetuate violence.” The Department of Homeland Sec…
White House wobbles, distancing Trump from initial response to Minnesota killing
Trump moved from castigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as a cause of the violence in Minneapolis and declaring that, in a call, he and the governor “seemed to be on a similar wavelength.”
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