Overview
- At a White House briefing, Vice President J.D. Vance forcefully backed the ICE agent, repeated the 'car ramming' claim, cited the agent’s prior car-drag injury, and alleged without evidence a left-wing network targeting ICE.
- Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said it was cut off from interviews and evidence and has withdrawn from the probe, leaving the FBI as sole lead and prompting state officials to question the investigation’s fairness.
- Verified footage shows the vehicle reversing, then moving forward while turning as shots are fired, and Minnesota leaders including Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey publicly rejected the federal self-defense narrative.
- Protesters gathered near the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities, where confrontations with federal agents led to the use of pepper balls and chemical agents, according to local reports.
- Vance also announced a new assistant attorney general position with nationwide jurisdiction that will start by focusing on fraud investigations in Minnesota.