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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,808 posts)
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 03:42 PM Jan 28

Top White House aide Stephen Miller acknowledges possible breach of protocol before Alex Pretti's shooting

Top White House aide Stephen Miller said Tuesday that officials were evaluating why the Customs and Border Protection team in Minneapolis “may not have been following” proper protocol before the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti — a remarkable acknowledgment of possible wrongdoing from one of the Trump administration’s most influential and hardline operators on immigration enforcement.

In a statement to CNN, Miller said the White House had “provided clear guidance to DHS that the extra personnel that had been sent to Minnesota for force protection should be used for conducting fugitive operations to create a physical barrier between the arrest teams and the disruptors.”

“We are evaluating why the CBP team may not have been following that protocol,” he said.

The statement marked perhaps one of the most notable shifts in messaging to date on Pretti’s shooting, from one of the administration’s most hawkish messengers. In the aftermath of the shooting, Miller labeled the Veterans Affairs ICU nurse a “would-be assassin,” while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed he “committed an act of domestic terrorism.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/top-white-house-aide-stephen-002009825.html

If you were involved in the chain of command, it's certain there was a breach of protocol Miller.

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Top White House aide Stephen Miller acknowledges possible breach of protocol before Alex Pretti's shooting (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 28 OP
The protocol was already breached points Jan 28 #1
He stated that...... SergeStorms Jan 28 #2
Is there any indication that John Farmer Jan 28 #3
Miller canetoad Jan 28 #4
I notice what he doesn't say sarisataka Jan 28 #5
"Breach of protocol" is when one uses the wrong fork. yellowcanine Jan 28 #6

points

(48 posts)
1. The protocol was already breached
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 03:43 PM
Jan 28

The second that President Miller ordered ICE to provoke civil war in Minneapolis.

SergeStorms

(20,599 posts)
2. He stated that......
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 03:58 PM
Jan 28
ONLY to cover the Big Orange Pig's bulbous ass. The Pig would never say it himself. That would be a show of "weakness" on his part. He pushed Stephen Goebbels out in front of reporters to do it for him.

John Farmer

(404 posts)
3. Is there any indication that
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 04:28 PM
Jan 28

The border patrol told Pretti that he was being arrested?

I've heard them claim that he was resisting arrest but not that they told him so.

I'n any case it would seem to have been extremely difficult for Pretti to have relaxed in any way after being hit with close range pepper spray.

sarisataka

(22,696 posts)
5. I notice what he doesn't say
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 05:46 PM
Jan 28

that the shooting was wrong.

There are protocols one must follow before executing citizens, that is his concern.

yellowcanine

(36,795 posts)
6. "Breach of protocol" is when one uses the wrong fork.
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 05:51 PM
Jan 28

It doesn’t apply to shooting somebody in the back of the head.

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