{"id":9873,"date":"2026-01-25T19:39:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/trump-border-control-official-taken-apart-over-alex-pretti-killing\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T19:39:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:39:33","slug":"trump-border-control-official-taken-apart-over-alex-pretti-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/trump-border-control-official-taken-apart-over-alex-pretti-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Border Control Official Taken Apart Over Alex Pretti Killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Alex Pretti Killing<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Trump Official Takes a Bashing Over Claim Pretti was Up to No Good<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-01-25T10:46:09-08:00\"><br \/>\n                              January 25, 2026<br \/>\n                            10:46 AM PST<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<section id=\"cb-a0596a9a0da9a0659d9e0a26ba0781b9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a0596a9a0da9a0659d9e0a26ba0781b9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d9eaaf5014e182170d23483234dcbb9e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Border Control chief <strong>Greg Bovino<\/strong> was eviscerated Sunday on CNN, when anchor <strong>Dana Bash<\/strong> tore into the Trump Administration&#8217;s story that <strong>Alex Pretti<\/strong> was killed because he was brandishing a weapon and was there to massacre border patrol agents.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d9eaaf5014e182170d23483234dcbb9e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-58978754d71b0686cd0e397963891875\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Bash used the &#8220;who-you-gonna-believe-me-or-your-lying-eyes&#8221; technique to challenge Bovino at every step, using video and freeze frames to counter his allegations.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-58978754d71b0686cd0e397963891875--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6412e83ce088a6d0ed791b854e7ead26\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-3f94cedc-b090-4673-86bc-fc7e88fba5be-1738132481-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-3f94cedc-b090-4673-86bc-fc7e88fba5be-1738132481-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/93\/16by9\/2026\/01\/25\/93dccc7287e64e288ac430c979e7728b_md.png\" alt=\"012426_minneapolis_shooting_new_angle_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Drop Site News<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6412e83ce088a6d0ed791b854e7ead26--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0fdfa71540119252fca6d5c557d1c6d9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Bovino was asked repeatedly for any evidence showing Pretti was brandishing or even showing the concealed weapon he was legally carrying, as Homeland Security chief <strong>Kristi Noem<\/strong> alleged. Bovino presented no evidence but still maintained Noem was spot on.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0fdfa71540119252fca6d5c557d1c6d9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0ac0aba31651ee836ad408f50813a271\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Bash went on to <strong>challenge Bovino&#8217;s initial comment<\/strong> that Pretti was there to massacre officers. All he could say was that Pretti brought a loaded gun to a &#8220;riot.&#8221; Bash then asked if Bovino took issue with someone exercising their Second Amendment right to carry a lawful weapon to a protest &#8230; Bovino said he did not take issue, but in this case Pretti did not do it peacefully and was impeding the work of the officers.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0ac0aba31651ee836ad408f50813a271--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fd25f882827af452ab3697888d4d4e21\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Bash didn&#8217;t let up, pressing Bovino for evidence Pretti was anything but peaceful. Bovino said Pretti was impeding officers, but the video is pretty clear &#8230; Pretti is in the street alone, and officers came up to him and very quickly took him down and shot him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fd25f882827af452ab3697888d4d4e21--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d8bce3a1942cae11f1d508c65d13d723\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/dd\/4by3\/2026\/01\/25\/dd11807731a54c34b4ee0cf130227cf9_md.jpg\" alt=\"gregory-bovino-sub-getty-2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d8bce3a1942cae11f1d508c65d13d723--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cf14ad09fd26c7206a210a9edca13be1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Bovino repeated himself, insisting Pretti was assaulting officers, but the video shows absolutely none of that. Bash said the officers were the ones who assaulted Pretti, and Bovino responded &#8230; &#8220;officers do not assault.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cf14ad09fd26c7206a210a9edca13be1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-223960e1114f8c7ea7be6c26ec05d2c0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/91\/4by3\/2026\/01\/25\/9196c997fb9343cc81a9e8ef56c41d42_md.png\" alt=\"012426_minneapolis_shooting_third-angle_gun_primary\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-223960e1114f8c7ea7be6c26ec05d2c0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e9528e260c64daec93cdf1b7090eb6ca\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>And then Bash shows Bovino the video of an officer taking the gun from Pretti BEFORE he was shot. Bovino said you can&#8217;t draw conclusions from freeze frames. Bash replied it may well have been that an officer screamed &#8220;gun gun gun&#8221; because they noticed Petti&#8217;s gun when he was on the ground, and maybe they saw it because his shirt got pulled up.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e9528e260c64daec93cdf1b7090eb6ca--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a6c88af584667e6b35e26963be838613\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-55a44919-42a4-4058-9377-9117d70fa16a-348982181-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-55a44919-42a4-4058-9377-9117d70fa16a-348982181-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/52\/16by9\/2026\/01\/25\/5204bd896d8b436985b3c69e60d40c05_md.png\" alt=\"012526_alex_pretti_shooting_dash_angle_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a6c88af584667e6b35e26963be838613--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4a9182c219d8385a00cab7bc1280a72f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In the end, Bovino said Bash should not jump to conclusions before an investigation is completed, and Bash responded that&#8217;s exactly what he and Noem have done.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4a9182c219d8385a00cab7bc1280a72f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bc05f49d4d8d6eca80765b06c8df6251\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink 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