Overview
- Asked in a Daily Mail interview if he would apologize to Alex Pretti’s family, Vice President JD Vance replied, “For what?” and said he would not prejudge the agents involved.
- Vance previously reshared Stephen Miller’s post labeling Pretti an “assassin,” part of early statements from senior officials who cast the 37-year-old ICU nurse as a violent threat.
- Bystander videos reported by outlets show Pretti did not brandish a gun and appeared disarmed before agents fired, intensifying scrutiny of the initial narrative.
- The Justice Department has opened a civil-rights investigation and the two federal agents involved are on administrative leave.
- The White House has moved to de-escalate in Minnesota, sending Tom Homan and pulling 700 immigration personnel, while ordering operational changes including body-worn cameras.