President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, made a thinly veiled assault on Kristi “ICE Barbie” Noem when requested if the Department of Homeland Security has a “lying problem.”
During a Friday look on NCS’s News Central, Homan was pressed about his rival’s outlandish remarks final month, when Noem claimed that Minneapolis man Alex Pretti had brandished a gun earlier than he was shot and killed by federal immigration brokers, regardless of video proof disproving the declare.
Noem had additionally recommended Pretti was a “domestic terrorist” who needed to harm federal agents earlier than he was killed—a line the Homeland Security secretary and different Trump administration officers additionally used to attempt to smear Minneapolis lady Renee Good after she was shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
Tom Homan and Kristi Noem are bitter rivals and make no secret of their mutual hatred. / Spencer Platt/Getty Images
“Pretti was not brandishing a gun. The gun was on his hip and was taken by Border Patrol officers, on video, and he was shot and killed after that. Does your agency, or the entire agency, have a lying problem?” NCS’s Sara Sidner requested Homan.
Homan mentioned he wouldn’t remark on the investigation into the shooting of Pretti however rapidly took a swipe at Noem for her remarks.
“I don’t know what information the secretary had when she made those statements. I can tell you I didn’t make those statements,” Homan mentioned.
“I don’t want to influence an investigation,” he added. “I have an opinion, and I won’t share my opinion, because I want a thorough investigation. If people violated the law, if people violated policy, they need to be held accountable.”
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was fatally shot by federal immigration brokers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 24, 2026. / Department of Veterans Affairs
Sidner then requested Homan whether or not this additionally utilized to high Border Patrol goon Greg Bovino, after a federal choose discovered final November that he had lied in a deposition about being hit within the head with a rock to be able to justify his deployment of tear gas in opposition to protesters in Chicago.
“Do you know if there is an investigation into his lying in a deposition?” Sidner requested.
“That’d be a question for the secretary,” Homan replied. “If anybody acts outside of policy, then internal affairs opens an investigation. That’s the way we handle it.”
Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino led the Trump administration’s hardline immigration push in Chicago and Minneapolis. / Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP by way of Getty Images
Noem and Homan have been feuding for months, although the precise cause for his or her hostility stays unclear.
Last month, Trump deployed Homan to steer on-the-ground immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, Minnesota, effectively replacing Noem and Bovino following their disastrous dealing with of operations within the metropolis.
Homan additionally gave a sly dig at Noem final week as he outlined plans to “defuse the chaos” and ease anti-ICE tensions by withdrawing 700 federal immigration officers from Minnesota.
“We made this operation more streamlined, and we established a unified chain of command so everybody knows what’s going on,” Homan mentioned. “This is smart law enforcement, and smart law enforcement makes us safer.”
The Daily Beast has contacted the Department of Homeland Security for remark.