Rachel Maddow

Our latest reporting here at MSNOW per our reporters Carol Lennig and Mark Santia is this, quote, "'According to two officials briefed on the matter, Gregory Bovino is expected to be removed from commanding the operation in Minnesota possibly as early as tomorrow,' meaning Tuesday."

There will also be a reduction of Homeland Security officers and agents in the state.

Again, that's new reporting from MSNOW.

We're also aware of new reporting in The Atlantic tonight.

And this is reporting that we have not confirmed ourselves, but I'll tell you that reporter Nick Miroff, who has an excellent reputation at The Atlantic tonight, he reports this under the headline, quote, "'Greg Bovino loses his job.'"

Quote, Greg Bravino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol commander at large and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon, according to a Homeland Security official and two people with knowledge of the change.

Bovino's sudden demotion is the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration is reconsidering its most aggressive tactics after the killing Saturday of 37-year-old Alex Preddy by Border Patrol agents under Bovino's command.

Nick Miroff reports, quote, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her close advisor, Corey Lewandowski, who were Bovino's biggest backers at Homeland Security, are now also at risk of losing their jobs.

Miroff citing two sources to advance that story about Kristi Noem and Lewandowski potentially losing their jobs as well.

Again, reporting from reporter Nick Miroff.

He's formerly of The Washington Post, but he's now at The Atlantic.

Tonight, the Homeland Security Department spokesperson said that Bovino, quote, "...has not been relieved of his duties."

Chief Gregory Bovino has not been relieved of his duties.

It sounds like pushback, but if you think about it, it doesn't exactly answer the question.

I mean, that assertion that he has not been relieved of his duties might in fact be quite consistent with the reporting in The Atlantic that Mr. Bovino has been sent home to California where he is expected to retire soon.

That could also be true, while tonight he has not been relieved of his duties.

I don't know.

We don't know what heads will roll or exactly in which direction they shall roll.

We shall see.

But clearly, President Trump and the Trump administration are in retreat on what had been a violent attack