The Department of Justice is opening a civil rights investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis last Saturday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a news conference Friday.

The Trump administration on Friday publicly celebrated the arrest of journalist Don Lemon, with Attorney General Pam Bondi announcing the action and the White House amplifying it less than an hour later. The situation sparked fierce backlash from lawmakers, civil rights leaders, and press freedom organizations, who warned that the administration was openly attacking the First Amendment.