Aaron Burnett

Yeah, Aaron, this is quite stunning, coming from Stephen Miller, who, of course, has been one of the most hardline immigration enforcers when it comes to President Trump's administration.

He is essentially conceding or acknowledging that there might have been a breach of protocol when it comes to the shooting of Alex Preti.

And just a reminder, this is the same person who said that Preti in the aftermath was a would-be assassin.

This is what the statement says, and he lays this out very clearly.

says that the White House provided clear guidance to DHS that the extra personnel that had been sent to Minnesota to force protection should be used for conducting fugitive operations to create a physical barrier between the arrest teams and the disruptor teams.

Goes on to say, we are evaluating why the CBP team may not have been following that protocol.

So that's the first piece of news that we're learning here from Miller.

The White House is looking into this and that they're acknowledging there might have been a breach of breach of protocol.

But there's more here.

We had learned that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had been in constant touch with the White House leading up to her press conference, leading up to the first tweet that DHS put out about the shooting of Alex Pretty.

She had been talking to Miller.

She had been talking to a number of various officials.

She had briefed them.

on how she was going to comport herself when she got up there.

Here's what Miller said about that.

He said,

The initial statement from DHS was based on reports from CBP on the ground.

The reason why that is notable is that he is not disputing that he gave talking points to Nome, that the White House was behind that, but instead they are saying that they got that information, that he got his information from reports on the ground from CBP officials now saying they're evaluating if there was wrongdoing by those agents.