He replied: “Dana, you don’t know that he was unarmed. I don’t know that he was unarmed. That is freeze frame adjudication of a crime scene via a photo.
“That is why we have investigators, that is why we have investigation that is going to answer these questions.”
He added: “We don’t know that agent was taking his gun away. The facts are going to come to light. That is why we investigate.”
Bash shot back: « Well, with respect you say that’s why we investigate, but you’re also drawing other conclusions that sort of fly in the face of waiting for an investigation. »
Bovino was later grilled on social media from individuals who did not feel Bovino was offering any clarifications based on the multiple video vantage points that have been circulating.
While Donald Trump did not explain whether he felt the shooting was justified, he did speak out on it over the weekend.
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal Trump has said: “We’re looking, we’re reviewing everything and will come out with a determination.”
He added: “I don’t like any shooting. I don’t like it.
« But I don’t like it when somebody goes into a protest and he’s got a very powerful, fully loaded gun with two magazines loaded up with bullets also. That doesn’t play good either.”
Tom Homan’s role as border czar explained as Trump sends him to Minnesota
It comes after weeks of unrest and the killing of two people amid heightened ICE activity
Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s ‘border czar,’ has been sent to Minnesota as pressure mounts for a full inquiry into the shooting of Alex Pretti.
