A CNN report has found the Department of Veterans Affairs opened investigations into multiple staffers who attended vigils at VA clinics and hospitals nationwide in honor of Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents deployed to Minneapolis in January. Pretti was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. Union leaders have called the probes a “witch hunt.”
CNN: Department of Veterans Affairs Probes Staffers Who Attended Vigils Honoring Alex Pretti
HeadlineMay 06, 2026











