Renee Good was the first person murdered in Minneapolis in 2026.
That ICE shooting on January 7 kicked off three weeks of chaos in Minnesota – protests, tear gas, the National Guard on standby, and a second federal shooting that killed Alex Pretti on Saturday.
Now Bill Clinton has thoughts about how Trump's agents are "lying to us" and telling Americans "not to believe what we've seen with our own eyes" – conveniently released the same weekend House Republicans advanced contempt charges against him for refusing to testify about Jeffrey Epstein.
Clinton Attacks Minneapolis Border Patrol After Epstein Contempt Vote
Clinton released a statement Sunday claiming federal agents are engaging in "increasingly aggressive and antagonistic tactics" in Minneapolis.
He says Trump's people "lied to us, told us not to believe what we've seen with our own eyes."
The former president is fired up about Alex Pretti – a 37-year-old ICU nurse shot and killed Saturday by Border Patrol agents while recording their operations.
Videos show Pretti filming with his phone before agents pepper-sprayed him, wrestled him down, took his legally carried handgun, and shot him at least ten times.
Clinton's timing is remarkable.
Just five days earlier, on Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee voted to hold him and Hillary in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about their relationship with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Nine Democrats joined Republicans in voting yes on Bill's contempt charge.
The full House vote happens within two weeks.
House Oversight Committee Epstein Investigation Moves Forward
The bipartisan subpoenas went out in August – more than five months ago.
Chairman James Comer offered the Clintons multiple date changes, accommodated funeral attendance, bent over backwards to work with their lawyers.
Bill and Hillary responded with "defiance, delay, and obstruction" according to the committee.
They claimed the subpoenas were "legally invalid" and refused to show up for depositions scheduled January 13 and 14.
Some Democrats on the committee wanted answers too – which is why nine of them voted to advance contempt proceedings against Bill.
The Justice Department released photos in December showing Bill Clinton traveling internationally with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell between 2002 and 2003.
Clinton's spokesperson claimed Trump was releasing grainy photos to "shield the Trump White House from what comes next."
But the House Oversight Committee – with bipartisan support – wants sworn testimony about those trips and Clinton's relationship with the man who ran an underage sex trafficking operation.
Clinton offered to do an interview in New York instead of a deposition.
Comer rejected that obvious dodge.
Alex Pretti Shooting Creates Perfect Distraction From Epstein Testimony
So here's where we are: Bill Clinton faces potential imprisonment for contempt of Congress over his Epstein connections.
His legal team literally wrote that Comer's process is "literally designed to result in our imprisonment."
And suddenly Clinton's issuing passionate statements about Minneapolis police tactics and Trump's "lies" about federal shootings.
The second Minneapolis shooting – Alex Pretti on Saturday – gave Clinton the perfect vehicle.
Pretti was a legally armed citizen recording ICE operations when agents took him down.
One agent removed Pretti's gun from his holster while other agents had him pinned – then another agent opened fire.
Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino claimed Pretti may have wanted to "massacre law enforcement."
Clinton's History Of Denying What Americans Saw With Their Own Eyes
Clinton claims Trump's people are lying about what happened in Minneapolis.
The gap between DHS statements and video evidence drives his entire argument.
But Clinton himself spent the 1990s telling Americans not to believe Monica Lewinsky, not to believe Juanita Broaddrick, not to believe what they'd seen with their own eyes about his conduct.
He famously wagged his finger at cameras and declared "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
DNA evidence proved otherwise.
Now he's positioning himself as the truth-teller against federal deception – while refusing sworn testimony about his flights on Jeffrey Epstein's private jet.
The first Minneapolis shooting killed Renee Good on January 7 after she hit him with her vehicle.
The ICE agent who shot Good – Jonathan Ross – had previously been dragged 100 yards during a traffic stop while firing a stun gun at the driver's head.
Pretti's death was the third federal shooting in Minneapolis in three weeks.
This is the environment Clinton chose for his public statement – maximum chaos, maximum media attention, perfect timing to change the subject from Epstein to ICE tactics.
Clinton Faces Criminal Contempt Charges While Lecturing Trump On Accountability
Clinton's statement talks about "moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come."
He says "if we give our freedoms away after 250 years, we might never get them back."
Strong words about federal overreach from a man refusing to answer Congress's questions about a sex trafficker who preyed on underage girls.
The House Oversight Committee isn't persecuting Clinton.
They issued bipartisan subpoenas with Democratic support, offered schedule flexibility, and accommodated reasonable requests.
Clinton responded by ignoring the law and claiming victimhood.
Now he's lecturing Americans about truth and accountability while federal agents in Minneapolis are actually facing consequences – agents placed on administrative duty, investigations underway, state and city lawsuits filed against DHS.
Trump's administration is dealing with the Minneapolis situation – National Guard deployed, Tom Homan heading to Minnesota, full review of both shootings in progress.
What's Clinton doing about Epstein's victims?
Issuing statements about Minneapolis instead of answering questions under oath.
The full House votes on Clinton's contempt charges within two weeks.
If convicted of criminal contempt – a federal misdemeanor – he faces up to $100,000 in fines and twelve months in prison.
That's why he needs Minneapolis in the headlines right now – not Epstein, not his flights on that private jet, not the photos of him traveling internationally with Ghislaine Maxwell.
Bill Clinton spent decades telling Americans not to believe what they saw.
Now he's claiming Trump's doing the same thing – while refusing to tell Congress what he knows about the biggest sex trafficking case in modern American history.
Sources:
- Landon Mion, "Bill Clinton says Trump admin 'told us not to believe what we've seen' after latest Minnesota shooting," Fox News, January 25, 2026.
- "Killing of Alex Pretti," Wikipedia, January 26, 2026.
- "Killing of Renée Good," Wikipedia, January 26, 2026.
- "Clintons' contempt of Congress resolutions advance out of House committee with Democrats' support," ABC News, January 21, 2026.
- "Oversight Committee Republicans and Democrats Hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in Contempt for Defying Lawful Subpoenas," House Oversight Committee, January 21, 2026.
- "Videos of Alex Pretti shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis contradict Trump official claims," CNBC, January 25, 2026.
- "How policing experts see the Alex Pretti shooting," NBC News, January 25, 2026.