US Border Patrol Chief confirms it was was filled with sand. https://t.co/eQ2LBEkKlh
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 15, 2023
About 20 minutes later Greene tweeted in response to CBP Chief Raul Ortiz saying that in January he had already testified earlier Wednesday that it really was a clump of dirt covered in duct tape and they already knew it, with Greene writing “Thank you for your testimony today Chief Ortiz and I know you are explaining what you were told when you inquired about the situation after the hearing.”
“Unfortunately, several Border Patrol agents are saying it was some sort of IED and there is video surveillance and pictures of a man placing the device. They say that is why agents were sent to retrieve it in the area known as No Man’s Land. This is an area controlled by the Cartels according to BP and with the shortage of agents they aren’t just walking around out there to randomly just find something like this. According to them, they were told later that it was some sort of explosive, not filled with sand. I’m just explaining what I was told today and with the extreme dangerous border crisis and threat from Cartels, I’m very concerned about our agents.”