LOADING ERROR LOADINGDeputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was likely not expecting this level of heat from a “Fox & Friends” host. DHS later alleged in a statement that Pretti had “violently resisted” officers, despite eyewitness video showing otherwise. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller both baselessly labeled Pretti a “domestic terrorist” and claimed he set out to kill law enforcement officers. So, I’m just sort of wondering how you in the DOJ are viewing whether your colleagues may have gone too far?”A screenshot of Griff Jenkins grilling Todd Blanche on “Fox & Friends” Monday. Screenshot Fox News via Snapstream“Look, I don’t think anybody thinks that they were comparing what happened on Saturday to the legal definition of domestic terrorism,” Blanche said.

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