The camera rolls. His career is in ruins. Two Americans are dead. In the shadow of Mount Rushmore, removed Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino stares into the lens and chooses defiance over regret. He salutes his agents. He doubles down on a story video evidence has already torn apart.
Greg Bovino’s removal from Minneapolis was meant to quiet a firestorm. Instead, his first public message poured gasoline on it. Standing before Mount Rushmore, he didn’t apologize, didn’t hedge, didn’t distance himself from the January 24 operation that left ICU nurse Alex Pretti and another American dead. He told his agents, “I love you, I support you, and I salute you,” vowing he had their backs “now and always,” even as national outrage swelled.
What makes his stance so explosive is the widening gap between his claims and the footage. Bovino initially insisted Pretti was armed when agents opened fire; video later showed the Sig Sauer P320 already taken from him. Yet Bovino escalated his rhetoric, branding Pretti a “domestic terrorist” and blaming politicians like Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for stoking chaos. Removed from command but unbowed, his parting words revealed a man choosing loyalty to the “Mean Green Machine” over any public reckoning, leaving a bitter country to argue over who, if anyone, will be held to account.
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