Documents obtained by the Heritage Foundation after it sued the DHS reveal that one of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s staffers emailed him the account of photographer Paul Ratje, who took the viral photos, less than three hours before the White House press conference where the secretary condemned the agents.
“I’ve never seen them whip anyone,” Ratje said in a quote provided to Mayorkas, adding that the Border Patrol agent “was swinging [his reins] but it can be misconstrued when you’re looking at the picture.”
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