"Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen," Noem told a person who relayed her remarks to Axios."
""Miller 'heard 'gun' and knew what the narrative would be: Pretti came to 'massacre' cops," a source briefed on the process of assembling the press statement said."
""Any early comments made were based on information sent to the White House through CBP," Miller told Axios in response to an earlier version of this story in which others blamed him for the "massacre" statement."
Corey Lewandowski relayed Kristi Noem's complaints that she was being blamed for failures tied to the Minnesota protester shooting of Alex Pretti. Noem said she acted under direction from the president and Stephen Miller and reported feeling hung out to dry. Stephen Miller exercised significant influence in the White House and attributed initial inaccuracies to CBP, saying early comments came from information sent through CBP. Miller also argued that the Minnesota operation did not follow White House guidelines established after the Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Good, including instructions on how to divide arrest teams.
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