Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed Pretti “attacked” officers, an assertion echoed by FBI Director Kash Patel, but no footage available as of Sunday afternoon shows Pretti committing any attack. The administration claimed that Pretti ‘attacked’ officers. In a Sunday interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, Bovino claimed Pretti “assaulted federal officers.” But when Bash pressed Bovino to explain what moment in the video showed Pretti committing such an assault, Bovino would not provide any specifics. Subsequent footage appears to show a federal agent removing a gun from Pretti’s waistband area when Pretti was on the ground just moments before being shot. But Patel claimed Sunday on Fox News while discussing the incident: “You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want.

Source: CNN January 25, 2026 23:55 UTC