US EditionTrump Says ‘You Can’t Walk In With Guns’ After NRA Blasts Criticism Over Alex Pretti Carrying Gun
President Trump demands a transparent probe into the killing of licensed gun owner Alex Pretti by federal agents amid conflicting accounts and rising political tensions.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said protesters `can't have guns` and called the killing of Alex Pretti `just a very unfortunate incident`, adding he wants a `big investigation` and `a very honorable and honest investigation`.
- Conservative groups including the NRA rebuked officials after they suggested Pretti's holstered gun justified the shooting, prompting the White House turnabout this week.
- Video taken at the scene reportedly shows U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wrestled 37-year-old Alex Pretti, removed his holstered handgun, and fired ten shots, while Minnesota law allowed his licensed carry.
- The White House reassigned leadership by sending Tom Homan, White House border czar, to lead Minneapolis operations while Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is expected to soon leave.
- Pressure is growing for independent probes and accountability as the episode damages administration credibility among conservatives and raises stakes with a Friday Homeland Security funding deadline.
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Trump says will 'de-escalate' in Minneapolis after shooting backlash, rejects 'assassin' label used for Pretti
Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he wants 'a very honorable and honest investigation' into the killing of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot by immigration agents on Saturday.
President Trump calls for ‘honest investigation’ into deadly Minneapolis shooting
President Donald Trump says he wants an “honest investigation” into the death of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by federal immigration officers in Minnesota over the weekend.
Trump on Alex Pretti: 'I Don't Like the Fact that He Was Carrying a Gun'
On the Will Cain Show, Trump described Alex Pretti's death as "terrible" and said he didn't "like the fact that [Pretti] was carrying a gun." The post President Trump on Alex Pretti: ‘I Don’t Like the Fact that He Was Carrying a Gun’ appeared first on Breitbart.
U.S. President Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to journalists who were waiting for him to leave Washington for Des Moines (Iowa), where he plans to offer a speech, which will be carried out “a very honest and honest investigation” into the death last Saturday in Minneapolis of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old American nurse who was reduced by a group of federal agents when he was filming them and then shot a dozen times in the back.
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