We have major news this morning. The Trump administration was slapped down by a Trump appointed judge in Minneapolis overnight who said that the Trump administration cannot destroy or alter any physical evidence related to the murder of Alex Pretty. At the same time, the Border Patrol agents who shot Pretty yesterday are still on the job. Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol chief who had been likened to Nazi Germany, he went on CNN this morning and probably had one of the worst interviews that someone can I have, following a horrific shooting. I'm going to walk through that interview with you. But essentially, victim said that the victims in the case were not Alex Pretty, but rather were the ICE agents, went on to suggest without any evidence that Pretty was attacking law enforcement or assaulting law enforcement. When pressed, he simply had no answers. And at the same time, mass protests have erupted following the horrific shooting. I have all the news right now. Tiktok is completely down, crapping out this morning. So make sure to like, comment, share, and subscribe. Get this out here as much as you can and subscribe to my sub stack by clicking the link below to support my work.
Let's just jump right into it. This morning, this morning, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled that the Trump administration cannot alter or destroy any evidence related to the horrific shooting. It was an emergency lawsuit filed by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in Hennepin County attorney's office. And this Trump appointed judge ruled, quote, defendants, referring to the Trump administration, along with their employees, agents, and anyone acting in concert with them are joined from destroying or altering evidence related to the fatal shooting involving federal officers that took place in or around 26th Street and Nicolette Avenue in Minneapolis on January 24th, 2026. At the same time, we learned in a case, a horrific case, essentially in an affidavit, that there are witnesses that are being detained right now, sent to ICE facilities, witnesses that are afraid to speak up because they're afraid that ICE is coming to their doors. Now, Greg Bovino, the border patrol chief, appeared on CNN this morning and was asked a whole host of questions about, Well, do you have any evidence to support your claim that Alex Pretty was trying to assault law enforcement in any way or anything to that effect?
And he just couldn't answer simple questions from Dana Basch. I want you to take a listen.
Multiple angles of this incident show him holding up a cell phone and recording it, not a gun. Did he at At any point pull out his weapon?
Dana, good morning, and thanks for having me. The weapon, we do know that the suspect did bring a weapon, a loaded nine-millimetre high-capacity handgun, to a riot. We do know that as far as what happened in that intervening moment with the video that you just that you just showed, that's going to come to light through the investigation. That's being investigated. And those facts and those questions will be answered soon enough.
Simply had no answer as to essentially you're being asked, right? One of the reasons why the Trump administration has been so hell-bent on attacking Alex Pretty was the fact that, well, he had a firearms on him. Well, he was a law-abiding, gun-carrying owner. He was able to carry that firearms with no issues. He had a legal permit. And well, if you look at the picture shown by Dana Basch on CNN, he had a phone, not a firearms app. And there was no evidence that he ever pulled out his firearms. In fact, there is video evidence to suggest that he was actually disarmed by ICE agents before the fatal shooting. Take a listen to Bovino being asked more questions about this.
Always tried to use the minimum amount of force necessary to either an effect an arrest, which in this case was more than likely 18USC 111, assault on a federal officer or- Where did he assault a federal officer in any of the video that you have seen?
Because it looked to us from every angle, sir, that he was approached by them when he was helping another individual who was pushed down. What evidence do you have that he was assaulting any law enforcement?
Dana, we don't need a suspect's help in an active law enforcement scene.
When you say suspect, what is he suspected of?
We didn't ask his help. That's an active law enforcement scene. He knew that was an active law enforcement scene, especially when The officers approached him, and it's very evident he did not need to be where he was, and he decided on his own to stay there.
When somebody is pushed down and a person's instinct is to help that person, when somebody is pushed down by law enforcement, you're saying that you just stand back and let law enforcement do what they're doing? I mean, is that really human nature?
You know, Dana, every situation is different. What our officers are faced with here in Minneapolis are chaotic, very difficult and violent situations in which individuals, and this suspect is not the only one to bring a loaded weapon to a riot. The situations are chaotic and ever-changing.
He just didn't have an answer. Just completely no answer. And it continued. Take a listen.
What you were saying is that he went there to try to stop this law enforcement operation. All of the video that we have seen shows him documenting it with his cell phone, which is a lawful thing to do. And the only time he seemed to interact with law enforcement is when they went after him, when he was trying to help an individual who law enforcement pushed down. So where do you have the evidence to show that he was trying to impede that law enforcement operation.
Sure, Dan, at first he was there in the scene. He was in the scene actively impeding and assaulting law enforcement to the point.
But that's not illegal. He wasn't impeding it. He was filming it, which is a legal thing to do in the United States of America.
Dana, let's don't freeze frame adjudicate this now. He was there for a reason, and that reason was to impede law enforcement to the point. What evidence do you have of that? Here's a good point, Dana, is the fact that de-escalation techniques were utilized during this action. Those de-escalation techniques, whether it was physically trying to remove them from that-I mean, I can't even plan anymore of this interview because it's just a lie after a lie, after a lie.
But probably the most bone-chilling moment of this interview was when he was asked by Dana Basch, Well, aren't you victim blaming here? Take a listen to what he had to say.
It feels as though in some ways you're blaming the victim here.
The victims are the Border Patrol agents. I'm not blaming the Border Patrol agents. The victim are the Border Patrol agents. The suspect put himself in that situation. The victims are the Border Patrol agents there.
The Border Patrol agents are alive today. Alex Pretty is not alive today. I mean, simply put, and should have pushed back. Should have pushed back. 100%. Should have pushed back. This interview was bone-chilling, to say the least. As a result of the horrific shooting of Alex Pretty protests had broken out across America, here's New York. Americans are fed up. Listen, justifiably so. Because right now, what we're seeing in the United States of America just simply isn't it. It's just no. It doesn't work. It doesn't work. Truthfully, we need even more people saying that what Greg Bovino was saying this morning wasn't right. As a journalist, I'm not just going to say this is normal. I'm not going to stain wash it. I refuse. It's wrong. It's bullshit. He was lying to the American people. It takes a lot of gall to do that. Make sure to like, comment, share, and subscribe. I'll have more updates for you soon.
Aaron Parnas reports on the news that a Trump judge has blocked Trump from destroying evidence in the Minnesota shooting as Trump's border patrol chief had a disastrous interview this morning.