Overview
- House Oversight Democrats released a report accusing the Trump administration and DHS of obstructing impartial probes into the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti.
- The report cites efforts to conceal officer identities through masks and flags earlier assurances of “absolute immunity” to agents, which Vice President JD Vance has since walked back.
- Renee Good’s brothers, Luke and Brent Ganger, delivered emotional testimony at a Capitol Hill forum led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Robert Garcia on DHS use-of-force tactics.
- DOJ has opened a civil-rights investigation into Alex Pretti’s Jan. 24 shooting by Border Patrol officers but has not extended the same review to Good’s Jan. 7 killing.
- DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ordered body cameras for officers in Minneapolis with plans to expand as funding allows, while Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz urged the public to keep recording officers’ conduct.