Minneapolis Protests: Trump Administration Undermining Probe of Alex Pretti’s Death

The Trump administration seems to be on a mission to convince Congress, the courts, and the country that it cannot be trusted to conduct a fair investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis on Saturday morning.

I confess that making yet another practical suggestion of what this administration could do to ensure a credible probe feels like a waste of time. President Trump and his top aides pervade the air with untruths, and the Justice Department has brazenly doubled down on the Biden DOJ’s pernicious lawfare practices — it is actually indignant about its delusions of moral authority to hound Trump enemies and scapegoats; the Biden DOJ was content to insult our intelligence by pretending it wasn’t doing what it was doing. What’s the point, then, of urging Trump officials to change, to help themselves, when it’s obvious that they won’t do it and when the public perception of corruption they have cultivated is probably beyond undoing?

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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The Trump administration seems to be on a mission to convince Congress, the courts, and the country that it cannot be trusted to conduct a fair investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis on Saturday morning.

I confess that making yet another practical suggestion of what this administration could do to ensure a credible probe feels like a waste of time. President Trump and his top aides pervade the air with untruths, and the Justice Department has brazenly doubled down on the Biden DOJ’s pernicious lawfare practices — it is actually indignant about its delusions of moral authority to hound Trump enemies and scapegoats; the Biden DOJ was content to insult our intelligence by pretending it wasn’t doing what it was doing. What’s the point, then, of urging Trump officials to change, to help themselves, when it’s obvious that they won’t do it and when the public perception of corruption they have cultivated is probably beyond undoing?

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.