Overview
- Two civilians, Renee Good on January 7 and Alex Pretti on January 24, were shot and killed by federal agents during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis.
- On 60 Minutes, Sen. Rand Paul said bystander video shows Pretti retreating and assisting a woman before agents grabbed him, challenging official accounts.
- Paul announced a public hearing in Minneapolis on February 12 and said he expects testimony from leaders overseeing the deployment of about 3,000 ICE and Border Patrol officers.
- DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and other officials had characterized the victims as terrorists or an assassin, claims Paul denounced as unsupported by available video.
- Former investigators told 60 Minutes the probe has deviated from standard protocols, with a DOJ official describing a routine FBI review and no Civil Rights Division case for Good’s death.