Federal Agents Battle Minnesota Over Who Gets To Hide The Crime Scene Evidence
KEY POINTS
- •A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Saturday from destroying or altering evidence in the fatal Minneapolis shooting.
- •Minnesota officials said federal agents blocked them twice in January from investigating the death of ICU nurse Alex Pretti.
- •Attorney General Keith Ellison and Governor Tim Walz demanded a full, transparent state investigation amid federal stonewalling.
In a Romeo and Juliet tragedy scripted by bureaucracy, Minnesota officials caught Trump’s DHS agents playing hide-and-seek with crime scene evidence after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti. Judge Eric Tostrud mercifully slapped a restraining order on these overzealous evidence-alterers, reminding federal agents they're 'not above the law,' much to Keith Ellison's delight. Crisply encapsulating chaos, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem accused Pretti of 'arriving to inflict maximum damage,' despite jailhouse-report-quality videos showing him more like a guy filming TikToks while sprayed with chemicals. Governor Tim Walz called federal stories 'lies,' and officers described this as the second federal blockade this January. Local cops want to talk; DHS wants to ghost.
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Federal agents blocking crime scene access like it's a secret Netflix pilot nobody asked for. Meanwhile, an ICU nurse is dead and the lie parade marches on.
When your evidence mysteriously disappears faster than your dignity at a family reunion, you know federal-state relations are thriving.
DHS turning crime scenes into exclusive clubs: 'No local cops allowed, dress code strictly lies and denial.'
Source: Axios | Published: 1/25/2026 | Author: Avery Lotz
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