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Since the Trump administration abandoned its initial false claims about Alex Pretti — reportedly authored by Stephen Miller — it has repeatedly fallen back on the position that it cannot comment on the fatal shooting by two Customs and Border Protection agents because there is an ongoing investigation.
As I pieced together in yesterday’s Morning Memo by reviewing a cluster of newly filed declarations from federal law enforcement officials, their investigation is limited to an administrative review of the use of force by the officers who shot Pretti, not a DOJ criminal probe under civil rights laws. That is to say, the inquiry is focused on whether officers broke CBP’s internal rules, not the law.
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A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Morning Memo Live! A small number of tickets are still available for tomorrow night’s event in D.C.I’ll be talkin...