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A federal judge did not rule from the bench on Monday on whether to dissolve a temporary restraining order requiring the Trump administration to preserve evidence related to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.

During the hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Friedrich Siekert reiterated the government's position that the TRO should be dissolved because lawyers representing the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) had no proof that the government is not preserving evidence related to Saturday's shooting.

"The intention of the federal government and all the agencies is to preserve this evidence until the conclusion of all federal matters," Siekert said.

In a declaration previously filed in court, an unnamed FBI official who was at the scene of the shooting said that in the immediate aftermath of the incident they adhered to a 12-step process of collecting/preserving evidence, but that due to the scene becoming volatile with protesters, that process "was adapted for the safety of personnel."

When asked by the judge to explain what adaptations were made, Siekert said he did not know.

Minnesota Assistant Attorney General Peter Farrell argued on behalf of BCA and said the state agency had "serious concerns" that the government would not be able to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation, claiming that they had reason to believe there has already been "potential spoliation" of evidence.

Farrell hinted that the photos shared of the gun allegedly owned by Pretti showed that federal law enforcement officials were not preserving evidence in the same way that state investigators might.

-ABC News' Armando Garcia

During a briefing Monday, the White House appeared to distance itself from other Trump administration officials' remarks that labeled Alex Pretti a domestic terrorist following the fatal shooting.

Asked if Trump agreed with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who claimed that Pretti "committed an act of domestic terrorism," and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who labeled Pretti a "domestic terrorist," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, "I have not heard the president characterize Mr. Pretti in that way."

Leavitt continued, "However, I have heard the president say he wants to let the facts and the investigation lead itself."

Greg Bovino, Border Patrol's commander at large for Minneapolis, is expected to leave the city on Tuesday, according to multiple sources.

Plans could shift given the fluid situation on the ground, however, according to sources.

Some Border Patrol agents who are with Bovino are also leaving Minneapolis soon, according to multiple sources.

-ABC News' Luke Barr

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has penned an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal where he makes the case that "federal officials are lying" regarding the immigration situation and ensuing intervention in Minneapolis.

In a post on X sharing a link to his op-ed, Walz said, "I spoke to the President earlier. We had a productive conversation and I explained to him that his staff doesn’t have their facts straight about Minnesota. My thoughts in the Wall Street Journal."

In the op-ed, Walz wrote that he has "repeatedly appealed to President Trump to lower the temperature. But he refuses."

"I fear that his hope is for the tension between ICE agents and the communities they’re ransacking to boil over -- that he wants you to see more chaos on your TV screens, protests turn into riots, more people get hurt," Walz wrote.

The governor called on Trump to end the "unlawful, violent and chaotic campaign, and we can and must rebuild an immigration enforcement system that is secure, accountable and humane."

-ABC News' Isabella Murray