Have you had any conversations with the president, with the federal government, and is there any indication that they are going to pull out or back down? Well, I spoke twice this morning shortly after I received the call of this shooting. I spoke with the president's chief of Staff and first request was to get [federal agents] out of there. to get these federal agents out of there. They were going to cause more chaos. And second call is with no uncertain terms that we will investigate this. (21:02–21:10)
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Asserts that he requested the removal of federal agents.
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