JUST IN: Controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino Reassigned Out of Minneapolis

Mediaite ^ | January 26, 2026 | Jennifer Bowers Bahney

[Miami Rebel]

CNN reported Monday that controversial Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino will be leaving Minneapolis, where he has been overseeing operations and vehemently defending officers following the shooting death of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.

Anderson Cooper broke the news Monday afternoon, saying, “Sources tell CNN that top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to leave Minneapolis tomorrow,” before tossing to reporter Priscilla Alvarez.

“This really is a major shift in strategy here by the Trump administration,” Alvarez began. “Recall, Gregory Bovino has been a key player in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and became, in many ways, the public face of that crackdown across cities in the country. Most recently, of course, in Minneapolis.”

“We are now being told by sources that he is going to be departing Minneapolis with some of his Border Patrol agents tomorrow and going back to their respective sectors,” Alvarez said. “Now, we’re also told that part of this has been influenced by the frustrations within the administration over the handling and the public response of Saturday’s shooting.”

Earlier Monday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt hinted at Bovino’s reassignment, saying, “Mr. Bovino is a wonderful man and he’s a great professional. He is very much going to lead Customs and Border Patrol throughout and across the country. Mr. [Tom] Homan will be the main point of contact on the ground in Minneapolis.”

In addition to giving press conferences where he described his border patrol agents as the true “victims” in the incident with Pretti, Bovino spent the weekend sparring with lawmakers and journalists on social media.

After CNN’s Jake Tapper insinuated he was a liar, Bovino asked for proof, writing, “Then identify the lie, Jake. No one can seem to find this mysterious ‘lie’.”

Tapper was happy to oblige, posting reams of court documents where a judge wrote, ““Bovino admitted in his deposition that he lied multiple times.”

“Let me know if I can help with anything else,” Tapper wrote.

[Gene Eric]

disappointing news, but MN is not a single-issue disaster

[StAnDeliver]

• Pretti scrubbed ALL of his social media before going downtown

• Pretti was active in a encrypted network Minnesota Signal group used by protesters to track and target ICE "abductors"

• Pretti learns through Signal that ICE is interdicting a illegal mojado with supra-violent criminal history

• Pretti had divorced his wife 2 years earlier -- after just 1.5 years of marriage -- and had deliberately not spoken a word to her since then; his favorite dog passed away last year

• In his last text message with his parents, they were concerned enough to tell him directly: "Do not engage."

• He was there to suicide-by-cop: shows up with a scoped, semi-auto Sig-Sauer 9mm and 2 extended mags worth 60 rounds

• With the gun in his waistband, waited, picked his spot, then all-in to insert himself directly toe-to-toe against an agent that had just cake-sprayed two morons

• Had the opportunity then and there to declare he was carrying a firearm

• Got cake-sprayed himself, resisted arrest, reached for his Sig-Sauer, gets it out of the holster, agent gets his hand on the gun with Pretti, gun goes off, he gets what he has coming

[StAnDeliver]

"I asked my post below yours be deleted"

Ask for all of them. You'll feel better.

[Sarah Barracuda]

I think Trump and Walz made some sort of a deal this morning..allow ICE to enter the jails, get everyone in there who are illegal and have deportation orders, they get removed and ICE in the coming days leave..and frankly I am OK with that, criminal aliens need to go, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM out of Minnesota..ICE cant stay in one place forever, eventually they have to leave once the job is complete..and Im glad that Homan is arriving tonight, honestly Bovino seems like a good dude but also seems like a hard head, Homan is easier to deal with

[Fury]

LOL! One of your better posts!

[MinorityRepublican]

He’s doing a damn difficult job in a dynamic environment where things can go sideways fast.

A lot of chatter on X. Mostly rumors.

It's almost like a football coach switching QBs, instead of Bovino, now it's Homan.

Sometimes a change in strategy can be good, as long as the goal remains the same.

[gloryblaze]

bkmk

[Gene Eric]

he was just another hopeful martyr — there are many possessed with the fervor of a death cult

[shelterguy]

“””Sorry Trump likes fast and easy wins but hates hard problems to solve...just factual.””””

I’d say you are still quite sad that Harris and Walz lost.
Don’t worry, they can try again in three years.

[EvelynMcHale]

Two publications, one of them being The Atlantic, for what it’s worth, are reporting that Bovino is being sent back to his previous role in El Cento and will be retiring soon. They also said his access to his social media accounts has been revoked, whatever that means.

[Kleon]

Retirement is probably the best thing for everyone.

[Reily]

Interesting

[dpetty121263]

LOL foolish man I hated them as bad as Puff the Magic Negro (Rush’s term)... Hey what Trump bills are moving through Congress right now?

[Mathews]

I saw that too.

[MinorityRepublican]

Two publications, one of them being The Atlantic, for what it’s worth, are reporting that Bovino is being sent back to his previous role in El Cento and will be retiring soon. They also said his access to his social media accounts has been revoked, whatever that means.

Greg Bovino Isn’t Losing Job Despite Report Suggesting Otherwise, DHS Says

[shelterguy]

“””Trump bills are moving through Congress right now?”””

Hopefully, very few. They have spent enough money, we have enough laws and don’t need more regulations.

[dkGba]

I agree- I don’t understand and impression it gives is mob wins- and if they do we’re done for - I’m to damn old for this- I was hoping to have some rest and peace in my last decade

[Golden Eagle]

Good move by Trump, replacing Noem with Homan (her arch rival) and demoting this guy. They were becoming a liability and counter productive.

[central_va]

TDS jerks complimenting a Trump move. What a joke you are.

Bovino is a great American.

[conservativehistorian]

To my eyes, and to many others, Trump has caved to the insurrectionists. He folded, and has in my mind, cut out the ground beneath his very loyal subordinates. This may be the end of his presidency.
I hope that I am wrong.