Blanche says nobody thinks Alex Pretti's actions meet 'legal definition of domestic terrorism' [View all]
Source: The Hill
01/26/26 11:01 AM ET
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Monday that the actions of Alex Pretti before he was fatally shot Saturday by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis did not constitute domestic terrorism. “I don’t think anybody thinks that they were comparing what happened on Saturday to the legal definition of domestic terrorism,” Blanche said on Fox News’s “Fox and Friends.” “What we saw was a very violent alteraction and I am not going to pre-judge the facts,” he added.
In the aftermath of the shooting, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, committed domestic terrorism and brandished a weapon at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents.
“When you perpetuate violence against a government because of ideological reasons and for reasons to resist and perpetuate violence, that is the definiton of domestic terrorism,” Noem told reporters Saturday. “This individual who came with weapons and ammunition to stop a law enforcement operation of federal law enforcement officers committed an act of domestic terrorism.”
But video of the incident shows Pretti recording agents with his phone as they pushed a woman to the ground, upon which he attempted to assist her. CBP personnel then surrounded Pretti, with one appearing to seize a firearm from his waist before an agent fired multiple rounds.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5706454-alex-pretti-shooting-minneapolis/
But KKKristi Noem DID say such.
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