CNN Panelist Shuts Down Guest Who Claims ‘Alex Pretti Was Obviously Not Murdered’

NewsNation host Batya Ungar-Sargon got torched by a fellow CNN guest after she characterized a federal agent’s fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti as “a scrum that ended in a bad shoot” on Monday.

Speaking on CNN’s “NewsNight” Monday, Ungar-Sargon slammed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for suggesting Pretti was a domestic terrorist, calling it “unforgivable” and “unjustifiable.” “I don’t see how a person should be allowed to remain in public service after lying so blatantly to the American people,” she said of Noem.

But Ungar-Sargon nonetheless praised President Donald Trump for being “on a very different page” from Noem.

“He refused to say that he supports the ICE agent in the shooting until we have more information. He wants to know what’s on the footage, which I do as well, and I hope that that gets exposed,” she said. “That said, Alex Pretti was obviously not murdered. He was in a scrum that ended in a bad shoot.”

A video of Pretti’s killing showed multiple federal agents forcing him to the ground, beating him, and pulling a firearm out of his holster before firing multiple shots at him, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.