House committee report accuses DHS of Good, Pretti killings cover-up

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The Democratic members of a U.S. House committee person released the findings of a study examining past month's fatal shootings successful Minneapolis by federal migration officers.

Renee Good was changeable dormant by ICE serviceman Jonathan Ross connected Jan. 7, 2025, and Alex Pretti was killed by 2 Border Patrol officers connected Jan. 24.

Democratic California Rep. Robert Garcia, the ranking subordinate of the House Committee connected Oversight and Government Reform, laid retired 4 of the report's cardinal findings:

"The Trump Administration's utmost policies, convulsive tactics, and civilization of impunity led to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti."
"The Trump Administration's lies astir the killings cannot screen up what the American radical saw with their ain eyes."
"The disposable grounds suggests that the Trump Administration is attempting to screen up misconduct."
"The Trump Administration is continuing its cover-up by impeding thorough and impartial investigations into the shootings."

The study besides highlights however grounds counters the administration's archetypal claims that some victims were home terrorists aiming to harm national instrumentality enforcement.

"Let's beryllium clear: the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti could person been prevented, and they should some inactive beryllium alive," Garcia wrote. "President Trump, [Homeland Security Secretary] Kristi Noem, and [the U.S. Department of Homeland Security] person lied implicit and implicit again and are present trying to screen up the truth. The Trump Administration needs to beryllium held accountable."

In a connection to WCCO, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson defended the enactment of national officers.

"Federal instrumentality enforcement officers are heroically removing unsafe transgression amerciable aliens from American communities – including murderers, rapists, and pedophiles. The Trump Administration is grateful for their important work," Jackson said.

WCCO has besides reached retired to Homeland Security for comment.

The committee, chaired by Kentucky Republican Rep. James Comer, is presently comprised of 44 representatives: 24 Republicans and 20 Democrats.

Republican members see Reps. Jim Jordan, Paul Gosar, Virginia Foxx, Pete Sessions, Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert. Its Democratic members see Reps. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Kwesisi Mfume, Shontel Brown, Jasmine Crockett, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib.

Good's brothers, Brent and Luke Ganger, are set to attest Tuesday day astatine a nationalist Congressional forum co-led by Garcia connected "the convulsive tactics and disproportionate usage of unit by agents of the Department of Homeland Security."

This communicative volition beryllium updated.

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