Minneapolis live updates: DOJ launches investigation into Pretti killing, Deputy AG Blanche says

President Donald Trump was asked if the killed Minneapolis protester was an "assassin" as a key aide has claimed and the president answered "no."

The president added, however, that protesters "can't have guns" as Pretti did and "it's just a very unfortunate incident." Trump has said he wants the death investigated.

President Donald Trump spoke with reporters before departing for a political rally in Iowa and was asked if DHS Secretary Kristi Noem would step down.

On Saturday, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on social media described Pretti as an "assassin" who "tried to murder federal agents." Vice President JD Vance shared the post on X as well.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a series of X posts that he met with Border Czar Tom Homan on Tuesday, and called the conversation "productive."

Frey called on Homan to end Operation Metro Surge and said he made it clear to Homan that "Minneapolis does not and will not enforce federal immigration laws."

"I shared with Mr. Homan the serious negative impacts this operation has had on Minneapolis and surrounding communities, as well as the strain it has placed on our local police officers," he said.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Monday, two sources told ABC News, as the administration faces fallout over federal agent operations in Minnesota and Pretti's shooting.

Noem's top adviser, Corey Lewandowski, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and White House communications director Steven Cheung were also present, according to sources.

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller was not at the meeting, sources said.

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DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin pushed back against Minnesota's Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz after he ordered Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear in person on Friday,

McLaughlin said in a statement that Schiltz, who was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006, an "activist judge who is clearly more concerned about politics than the safety of the Minnesotans."

"We will not let anything slow us down from removing criminal illegal aliens from our streets," she said.