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Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he \u201csaw no evidence\u201d to back the claims of senior Trump administration officials that Alex Pretti was attempting to assault law enforcement officers and instead \u201csaw a man that was retreating\u201d when he was shot and killed by federal officers in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI saw no evidence. I saw a man that was retreating. He went to the middle of the street, he didn\u2019t even obstruct traffic, he let a car go through. As the agents advanced on him, he retreated to the side of the street. A woman is violently pushed to the ground and he turns to help her and that\u2019s when he is grabbed from behind,\u201d Paul told Scott Pelley on CBS\u2019s \u201c60 Minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI saw no evidence of him assaulting the police,\u201d Paul said, contradicting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who called Pretti a \u201cdomestic terrorist\u201d and claimed he wanted to \u201cinflict maximum damage on individuals and kill law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two federal officers fired approximately 10 shots into Pretti\u2019s back after a third officer confiscated the pistol that he had been carrying concealed at his beltline with a legal permit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was holding his cell phone and his glasses at the time he was shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noem also claimed that Pretti \u201cattacked\u201d officers and was \u201cbrandishing\u201d a semi-automatic pistol when he was shot and killed by a Border Patrol officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul has sent letters to the heads of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) asking them to. testify before his committee on Feb. 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Asked in the CBS interview whether Noem should resign, Paul responded: \u201cI think we have to get through our hearing Feb. 12.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have to see what the people who work for her say. But my advice to them, if they\u2019re watching and they come to testify is, if you come in and you\u2019re going to justify that this man was aggressively assaulting your police officers, that cannot be acceptable. That\u2019s why they\u2019re lacking in trust,\u201d Paul said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked about Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino\u2019s claim that Pretti wanted to \u201cinflict damage\u201d on federal law enforcement officers and FBI Director Kash Patel\u2019s claim that Pretti didn\u2019t have the right to bring a permitted conceal-carry handgun to a protest and White House adviser Stephen Miller\u2019s description of Pretti as an \u201cassassin,\u201d Paul simply shook his head in disagreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt sounds like terrible judgment, I mean terrible conclusions, incorrect conclusions, stating things that no one else believes. You can lie to your heart\u2019s content if there\u2019s no video, but the video doesn\u2019t support what they\u2019re saying,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul added that senior administration officials have \u201cwithout question\u201d broken the trust of the American people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Separately, Noem is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he \u201csaw no evidence\u201d to back the claims of senior Trump administration officials that Alex Pretti was attempting to assault law enforcement officers and instead \u201csaw a man that was retreating\u201d when he was shot and killed by federal officers in Minneapolis. \u201cI saw no evidence. 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