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evidence to when you perpetuate violence against a government because of ideological reasons and for reasons to resist and perpetuate violence. That is the definition of domestic terrorism.
This individual who came with weapons and ammunition to stop a law enforcement operation of federal law enforcement officers committed an act of domestic terrorism. This individual showed up to impede a law enforcement operation and assaulted our officers. They responded according to their training um and took action to defend the officer's life and those of the public around him. And uh I don't know of any peaceful protester that shows up with a gun and ammunition rather than a sign. This is a violent riot when you have someone showing up with weapons um and are using them to assault law enforcement officers. And so this investigation is ongoing. We're continuing to gather the facts as they unfold throughout that and we'll do it just like we did under the entire Trump administration and previous administrations. Nothing has changed and we'll continue to release details as we have them.
But I want you to not distract away from the facts of this situation. Our law enforcement officers were there doing a targeted operation against an individual who was in this country illegally and had a criminal conviction for domestic assault with intent to do bodily harm and other convictions as well. This individual went and impeded their law enforcement operations, attacked those officers, had a weapon on him, and multiple dozens of rounds of ammunition, wishing to inflict harm on these officers coming brandishing like that and impeding their work that they were doing.
The two things that we've asked the mayor and the governor for is that they would partner with us and before they let somebody dangerous out of their jails, that they would let us know so we can deport them out of our country. I do not know why they continue to choose the side of lawb breakakers, criminals, murderers, and rapists over the citizens of Minneapolis. And this situation that we have today is a tragedy that we don't have to have. We have it because we have a mayor and a governor who encouraged this violence and encouraged this type of rioting. And remember, these are the individuals that were in charge when Minneapolis burned in 2020. They facilitated it. They encouraged it. and they saw the destruction and we all watched the destruction of that city back then. It doesn't have to happen again. It appears that they're following the same playbook and the reason that they're doing it is to distract from the corruption that they have facilitated in fraud and theft from the American taxpayers.