Stephen Miller, Trump’s homeland security adviser, had called Pretti a “domestic terrorist” and accused him of being an “assassin.”

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, shortly after Pretti’s killing, claimed he had been “brandishing” a weapon and that he had reacted “violently” to officers’ attempts to disarm him. Later analyses from multiple news outlets found many of those claims were contradicted by the available video evidence.

Leavitt, asked Monday about Miller’s comments, said, “I have not heard the president characterize Mr. Pretti in that way.”