Trump defends ICE agent, shows NYT reporters video of deadly Minneapolis shooting
President Donald Trump defended the fatal shooting of a Minnesota woman by a federal immigration officer, running footage of the scene to a group of New York Times reporters amid...
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President Donald Trump defended the fatal shooting of a Minnesota woman by a federal immigration officer, running footage of the scene to a group of New York Times reporters amid an hourslong interview that was held shortly after news broke of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shooting. "I’ll play the tape for you right now," Trump told The New York Times from the Oval Office amid a sweeping interview Wednesday. "I want to see nobody get shot. I want to see nobody screaming and trying to run over policemen either," Trump said as the reporters began pressing him on the issue, the outlet reported. Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent Wednesday in Minnesota as federal agents converged on the city as a massive fraud scandal unfolds in the state. PHOTOS RELEASED OF RENEE NICOLE GOOD, THE US CITIZEN KILLED BY ICE IN MINNESOTA The scandal has exposed alleged money laundering operations run through phony meal and housing programs, daycare centers and Medicaid services, according to investigators. Dozens of arrests have been made since 2022, mostly from the state's large Somali community. The New York Times held a two-hour interview with Trump just after the shooting unfolded, with reporters discussing an array of topics including Venezuela and Greenland, as well as the Minneapolis shooting. The administration has defended the shooting, with Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem saying Good was in the midst of carrying out an "act of domestic terrorism" targeting federal law enforcement officers. Good was operating a vehicle at the time of her death. Agents ordered her to exit the vehicle, which she refused and "attempted to run them over and ram them with her vehicle," according to Noem. The shooting has led to an outpouring of condemnation and concern among Democrat lawmakers and critics of the Trump administration who have called the shooting a "murder," while some protesters have also taken to the streets of Minnesota. Trump called…