DHS Refuses To Say If Alex Pretti Is Still A ‘Domestic Terrorist’ | EUROtoday

Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin averted answering instantly whether or not the division is “pulling back” on its narrative that Minneapolis capturing sufferer Alex Pretti was a “domestic terrorist.”

Appearing Tuesday on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom,” host Dana Perino requested McLaughlin the query after taking part in a clip of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem referring to Pretti, who was fatally shot by Border Patrol brokers over the weekend, as a “domestic terrorist” to reporters on Saturday.

In the clip, Noem argued that Pretti got here to “stop a law enforcement operation” with out offering any proof, including, “That’s the facts.”

McLaughlin responded, “That situation we have seen on the ground in Minneapolis is a highly coordinated campaign of violence against our law enforcement. Your viewers have seen the images.”

Claiming that “in this case we saw an individual who was armed,” she continued, “he got into a physical altercation with law enforcement, he was in the course of obstructing a federal operation, which is a federal crime.”

In the aftermath of Pretti’s killing, the Trump administration has repeatedly alleged that federal brokers acted in self-defense. Noem informed reporters within the Saturday press convention that Loans “attacked those officers” regardless of circulated movies of the incident and sworn affidavits contradicting DHS’s claims.

“The Department of Homeland Security, we work every day to make sure we’re giving the American people swift, accurate information and so we’ll continue to do that —” McLaughlin continued.

Perino then tried to interject, saying, “Do you stand by —” as McLaughlin completed talking.

“Then are you standing by calling him a domestic terrorist?” the Fox News host requested instantly.

McLaughlin skirted the query.

“We’ll let this investigation that Homeland Security investigators are leading, the FBI is supporting and CBP is doing a separate internal investigation as well, Dana,” she responded.

“OK, then I guess it stands,” Perino countered.