WHERE'S YOUR HEAD?! Dick Durbin Uses AI ICE Image on Senate Floor, Agent in Pic Clearly Missing Head [WATCH]

Durbin brought this pic as “evidence.”

A viral image purporting to show an immigration agent holding a gun to the back of Alex Pretti’s head “execution-style” circulated widely online this week, even as fact-checkers pointed to obvious signs of AI manipulation, including an agent who appears to be missing his head.

The image also made it into the U.S. Senate on Jan. 28, when Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) referenced it in floor remarks about the Minneapolis shooting.

“I am going to show a photo of that scene, which is graphic, but I am afraid it is necessary to appreciate the horror of the moment,” Durbin said, according to the Congressional Record.

AFP fact-checkers reported the “freeze frame” was a synthetic enhancement of authentic video, and highlighted the same “missing head” artifact—along with other distortions—as evidence it was manipulated.

“The agent kneeling next to the figure meant to be Pretti does not appear to have a head. One of the officer’s legs bends at an unnatural angle next to an indiscernible object,” AFP said.

PolitiFact similarly flagged the image as AI-generated/manipulated, noting visual tells including missing or distorted body parts.

Watch the clip below:

I am on the Senate floor to condemn the killing of U.S. citizens at the hands of federal immigration officers and to demand the Trump Administration take accountability for its actions. https://t.co/kd9HXi1rQN

— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) January 28, 2026

And here we have Senator Dick Durbin on the floor of the U.S. Senate using the AI edited photo of Ryan Pretti, which includes a headless federal agent among other incorrect flaws. https://t.co/Xj6vVBW7DT pic.twitter.com/CkczU6oYsq

— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) January 28, 2026

DISGRACEFUL: Sen. Dick Durbin used the debunked AI "photo" of Alex Pretti in a floor chart during his speech on the floor of the Senate.

Unreal. https://t.co/8Do8Rmk6Lr pic.twitter.com/r12KPAxbaq

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) January 28, 2026

More over at The New York Post:

AI-altered pic of Alex Pretti is being widely circulated after his killing by Border Patrol https://t.co/IkiGVLOhVd pic.twitter.com/jNDVQkFgN4

— New York Post (@nypost) January 29, 2026

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