Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old, U.S. citizen living in an open carry state, was shot 10 times and killed a by a U.S. Border Patrol agent or agents after being disarmed.

Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, offered a chilling defense of the agents’ action, claiming that it was acting in accordance with their training.

A federal judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan has found it necessary to issue an order forbidding the federal government from altering or destroying evidence related to Pretti’s death.

Attorney General Pam Bondi has offered to withdraw federal agents from Minnesota in exchange for access to the state’s voter records, a stark disclosure of the purpose of the federal, paramilitary presence in that state.

Taken together, these facts should cause Congress to consider adopting serious reforms when exercising its oversight responsibility.