{"id":2554233,"date":"2026-01-27T13:52:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-for-investigations-into-good-and-prettis-deaths\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:53:15","slug":"biden-calls-for-investigations-into-good-and-prettis-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-for-investigations-into-good-and-prettis-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden calls for investigations into Good and Pretti&#8217;s deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-calls-for-investigations-into-good-and-prettis-deaths%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2554233&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Joe biden called for &#8220;full,fair,and clear&#8221; investigations into the recent killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis,expressing condolences to their families and communities.He criticized the current administration\u2019s handling of the incidents and warned that government violence against American citizens has no place in the country. Pretti, an ICU nurse, was shot after a physical confrontation with Border Patrol agents during a protest; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >agents reportedly wrestled<\/a> him and retrieved his handgun before firing. Good was killed earlier when an ICE officer shot her after she struck the officer with her SUV. Both shootings have sparked large anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis and prompted federal review and responses from the Trump administration, which dispatched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ice-director-on-massive-surge-at-southern-border-this-isnt-by-accident-this-is-by-design\/\" title=\"Former ICE Director On Massive Surge At Southern Border: \u2018This Isn\u2019t By Accident, This Is By Design\u2019\">border official<\/a> to assess the situation. Biden\u2019s statement followed similar condemnations from former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and echoed calls from lawmakers on both sides for thorough investigations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden calls for &lsquo;full, fair&rsquo; investigations into Renee Good and Alex Pretti&rsquo;s &lsquo;senseless&rsquo; deaths<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2485938\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a> released his first statement on controversial events that transpired in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\">Minnesota<\/a> recently, specifically the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were fatally shot by federal <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\">immigration<\/a> enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>While broadly criticizing his Republican successor, Biden called for &ldquo;full, fair, and transparent investigations into the deaths of the two Americans&rdquo; who died in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minneapolis\/\">Minneapolis<\/a> this month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4434079\/dhs-grapples-with-public-relations-nightmare-alex-pretti-shooting-minneapolis\/\">DHS grapples with PR nightmare after Alex Pretti shooting in Minneapolis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4435421\/watch-live-trump-to-talk-energy-economy-iowa\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump to talk energy and economy in Iowa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4434830\/trump-shifts-tactics-optics-calm-immigration-firestorm\/\">Trump shifts tactics and optics to calm immigration firestorm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Jill and I are sending strength to the families and communities who love Alex Pretti and Renee Good as we all mourn their senseless deaths,&rdquo; he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/2016177515845283911?s=20\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former president&rsquo;s statement comes three days after Pretti&rsquo;s death, which occurred during a physical altercation with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-patrol\/\">Border Patrol<\/a> agents.<\/p>\n<p>An ICU nurse, Pretti intervened on behalf of a fellow protester before agents pushed him to the ground and wrestled him as he resisted arrest. One of the agents retrieved Pretti&rsquo;s handgun from his hip moments before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-agents-open-fire-on-three-people-lookout-notice-posted-after-their-escape\/\" title=\"Secret Service Agents Open Fire on Three People, Lookout Notice Posted After Their Escape\">agents opened fire<\/a> on him.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Good died at the hands of an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> officer who shot her as she struck him with her SUV.<\/p>\n<p>Both shootings sparked growing anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis, prompting President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4434830\/trump-shifts-tactics-optics-calm-immigration-firestorm\/\">reevaluate his administration&rsquo;s operations<\/a> in the Democratic stronghold.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4433160\/minneapolis-readies-more-protests-alex-pretti-killing-judges-debate-ending-ice-minnesota-operation\/\">dispatched<\/a> White House border czar <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-homan\/\">Tom Homan<\/a> to Minnesota on Monday to report the situation back to the Oval Office. The move was praised by Senate Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LeaderJohnThune\/status\/2015841218182152505\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD), a key Trump ally in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Like Biden, several Republican lawmakers have called for a thorough investigation into the killing of Pretti by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-president-trump-spring-a-trap-on-treasonous-democrats-on-election-night\/\" title=\"Did President Trump Spring a Trap on Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?\">federal agents<\/a>. Trump said his administration is &ldquo;reviewing everything&rdquo; about the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s remarks arrived a few days after former Presidents <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillClinton\/status\/2015562744993350135\">Bill Clinton<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BarackObama\/status\/2015479691147149747\">Barack Obama<\/a> quickly condemned the Trump administration&rsquo;s actions in Minnesota, making Biden one of the last top Democrats to speak on the issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4433283\/noem-called-victims-ice-shooting-domestic-terrorist-fit-definition\/\">NOEM HAS CALLED VICTIMS OF ICE SHOOTINGS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS. DO THEY FIT THE DEFINITION?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Minnesotans have reminded us all what it is to be American, and they have suffered enough at the hands of this Administration,&rdquo; the 83-year-old former president said. &ldquo;Violence and terror have no place in the United States of America, especially when it&rsquo;s our own government targeting American citizens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No single person can destroy what America stands for and believes in, not even a President, if we &mdash; all of America &mdash; stand up and speak out,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;We know who we are. It&rsquo;s time to show the world. More importantly, it&rsquo;s time to show ourselves.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden urges full, fair probes into two deaths<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2554234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP25300001486365.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,4498,72029,8327,71904],"class_list":["post-2554233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-deaths","tag-good-2","tag-investigations","tag-pretti"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP25300001486365.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2554233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2554237,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554233\/revisions\/2554237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2554234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2554233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2554233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2554233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}