Committee member accuses Homeland Security Secretary Noem of cover-up after Minneapolis shootings and criticizes agency spending

At a House Judiciary Committee hearing, a committee member sharply criticized Homeland Security Secretary Noem, alleging that ICE agents shot and killed two Minneapolis residents and that department officials mounted smear campaigns and obstructed local investigators.

The committee member said one victim, identified in the transcript as "Renee Goode" (also transcribed once as "Renee Nicole Good"), was shot three times while returning from dropping off her children and that agents "refused to let a doctor or EMTs approach her." The member added, "You ran a smear campaign against Renee Goode. You called her a domestic terrorist." The lawmaker also alleged that a second man, "Alex Preddy," was beaten, disarmed and shot "with 10 bullets" after filming agents, and accused the department of preemptively labeling him a domestic terrorist.

The speaker cited cellphone video captured by bystanders and said it "tells the true facts," accusing the department of attempting to "cover up with propaganda." A presenter in the hearing…