For the rest of the day, Trump Administration officials continued to deflect accountability. Posting on X, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi blamed Pretti’s killing on Minneapolis being a sanctuary city; Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in a press conference, criticized protesters for obstructing officers; Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth urged “shame on the leadership of Minnesota—and the lunatics in the street.” Pretti’s family issued its own statement. “The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting,” it read. “Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE agents.”journey-inline-newsletterinline-newsletter