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‘Unprecedented’: FBI refusing to share info from Alex Pretti investigation

ICE and CBP chiefs testify that 'domestic terrorist' label on Alex Pretti didn't come from them

The FBI has refused to share information with Minnesota authorities investigating the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal officers during the Trump administration's surge into Minneapolis.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) described the FBI's lack of cooperation as 'concerning and unprecedented' and is pursuing legal avenues to obtain evidence.
This decision follows a similar refusal in the case of Renee Good, another Minnesota resident fatally shot by a federal officer.
The Department of Justice has opened a civil rights probe into the case, and a federal judge has criticized administration officials for baselessly labeling Pretti a “domestic terrorist” before an investigation was launched.
Pretti's family has called for a joint state and federal investigation, while the killings have intensified outrage over the Trump administration's deployment of immigration officers in Minnesota.