Trump announced Monday that his “border czar” Tom Homan would lead the charge in Minnesota and report directly to the president. He also spoke with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, noting that the phone call was “very good” in a post to Truth Social.
Walz said in a statement that he and Trump “had a productive call” and that Trump “agreed to look into reducing the number of federal agents in Minnesota and to talk to DHS about ensuring the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is able to conduct an independent investigation, as would ordinarily be the case.”
It looks to me like they have determined that they can’t defend this so they’re sacrificing scapegoats. They can claim ignorance, poor leadership from Bovino (and Noem, if necessary) and wash their hands of the murders.