Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a new report highlighting Oversight Democrats’ key findings regarding the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Both victims were killed while bearing witness to the abuses and injustices on their neighbors by the Trump Administration’s aggressive, violent, and unlawful immigration enforcement tactics. The report can be accessed here.
“Let’s be clear: the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti could have been prevented, and they should both still be alive. President Trump, Kristi Noem, and DHS have lied over and over again and are now trying to cover up the truth. The Trump Administration needs to be held accountable,” said Ranking Member Robert Garcia.
Four key findings from the report:
- The Trump Administration’s extreme policies, violent tactics, and culture of impunity led to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
- The Trump Administration’s lies about the killings cannot cover up what the American people saw with their own eyes.
o Lie #1: The Available Evidence Contradicts the Administration’s Claims that Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti Impeded ICE Operations
o Lie #2: The Available Evidence Contradicts the Administration’s Claims that Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti were Violent Domestic Terrorists Who Intended to Kill Federal Agents
- The available evidence suggests that the Trump Administration is attempting to cover up misconduct.
- The Trump Administration is continuing its cover-up by impeding thorough and impartial investigations into the shootings.
Key excerpt from the report:
“Both killings display in stark terms the Trump Administration’s efforts to control what Americans see, think, say, and do. The Trump Administration established extreme policies, endorsed violent tactics, and amplified a culture of impunity that created heightened conditions for the use of deadly force against Americans for exercising their constitutional rights and expressing dissent. These conditions resulted in the violent shootings of two Americans in the span of two weeks. Then, in the face of evidence that these slain Americans posed no threat to federal officers or intended to kill them, Trump Administration officials lied to the public and tried to paint Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti as domestic terrorists. Trump Administration officials then took steps to actively impede standard, thorough, and impartial investigations into the killings—decisions that demonstrate the extent to which they are working to keep the facts and the truth from the public.”
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