Stephen Colbert has mocked U.S. Secretary of Homeland Safety Kristi Noem’s makes an attempt to stroll again her allegations in opposition to nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot lifeless by ICE on Saturday. Noem rapidly accused Pretti of “home terrorism” after he was killed, although offered no proof to again up her claims. Widespread video proof additionally appeared to debunk the narrative that he was attacking ICE brokers, exhibiting that Pretti by no means drew his firearm, and that mentioned brokers had eliminated it from his holster earlier than he was shot.
Now the Trump administration is backtracking, and apparently throwing one another beneath the bus within the course of. Whereas a couple of Republicans have referred to as for her resignation, Noem has claimed that she solely acted based on the course of President Donald Trump and U.S. Homeland Safety Advisor Stephen Miller.
“Oh, so that you had been simply following orders,” mentioned Colbert. “This was all only a nothingburger. Oh, I am sorry. I misinterpret that. It is a Nuremberg-er.”
The Nuremberg protection, often known as the superior orders defence, is a authorized plea arguing that a person shouldn’t be discovered responsible for finishing up crimes in the event that they had been ordered to take action by their superior. This defence was famously tried through the Nuremberg trials, which prosecuted Nazi battle criminals following World Battle II. The defence was rejected.
Colbert additional famous that whereas Noem claimed that she was merely following instructions, Miller has acknowledged that his feedback had been primarily based on info offered by Customs and Border Safety.
“So Kristi Noem, who runs Customs and Border Safety, heard it from Stephen Miller, who says he heard it from Customs and Border Safety, run by Kristi Noem,” mentioned Colbert. “It is a actual snake consuming its personal tail, which I consider is how Stephen Miller reproduces.”
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