A top immigration official was tricked by a fake news story posted by a QAnon social media account shortly before getting demoted. The 55-year-old Border Patrol “commander-at-large” Greg Bovino was duped on Jan. 25 by a social media post that said MAGA-favored rockstar Ted Nugent had pledged $100,000 to feed ICE agents in Minnesota. Multiple videos of the scene show that Pretti never reached for his weapon as he was tackled by the Border Patrol officers who killed him. In an apparent bid to “de-escalate” tensions, President Trump removed Bovino on Jan. 26, one day after the Border Patrol commander boosted the fake news story. Pretti was killed less than three weeks after an immigration officer shot and killed Renee Good.