Bovino Under Fire After Retirement | California News

0:00It's September 3rd. This is California News Today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. So, word on the street is that Gregory Bovino, the dude who was leading the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in cities like Minneapolis, is now under internal investigation. This whole thing came out last week, and it's about his testimony in federal court, and some alleged anti-submitted comments he made before he retired. Customs and border protection actually sent him an email on March 2nd, saying they were looking into misconduct allegations. Then, just 16 days later, he put in his retirement request. This investigation was first brought to light by the Chicago Tribune. Bovino himself is saying he was basically forced out. He claims the CBP commissioner didn't go after him for real reasons, but because Bovino was seen as a political rival and the commissioner was against. Border Patrol doing interior enforcement. He says these investigations popped up right after some incident in Minnesota. Now, a CBP spokesperson is saying they don't

1:04comment on personnel who aren't with the agency anymore, and that Bovino retired voluntarily. They also pointed out they can't provide security for retired staff. This whole situation is pretty wild. Bovino was the face of some pretty controversial immigration policies. He was even removed from his commander-in-large role back in January after some shootings in Minneapolis led to a lot of backlash. He had claimed one of the victims intended to massacre agents, even though there was no evidence.