Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin snapped at a reporter who asked a question he did not like during a Friday press conference held to address another ICE agent-involved shooting in New York City.

Mullin delivered the statement after the incident as protesters and local lawmakers demand accountability over the shooting, which has drawn protests and arrests (ABC7NY). The briefing placed two separate strands of accountability before the department's leadership at once: an agent-involved shooting that has drawn protest on the ground in New York, and department spending questions raised by national reporting.

Mullin also struggled to keep his facts straight, telling reporters at one point that the man shot by agents was "wanted for trafficking." A reporter noted that the man was in fact sought over "traffic infractions." Mullin said he knew nothing about the man's case and pivoted to discussing Joe Biden instead.

At another point, Mullin said the man who broke a traffic law needed to be taken to a maximum-security facility, which was why he had to be removed from the state. He declined to say where the man was. Mullin referred to him as "the worst of the worst" and repeated several times he was "going after the worst of the worst."

New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams warned at a press conference about the incident: "They're going to try to make the gentleman they shot the worst human being you've ever heard of. But I want you to know that a father picking up his child was by a rogue agency controlled by Donald Trump."

The tone of the briefing shifted when a reporter asked Mullin about recent reports concerning expensive luxury planes purchased under former Secretary Kristi Noem. The fleet was presented as support for deportation operations, but photos of the aircraft showed two bedrooms, a stand-up bar, leather chairs, marble showers, and other finery. Because the purchases were made while Noem led the department, the question pressed the current secretary to answer for procurement decisions made under his predecessor.

"This is what I hate about Fake News!" Mullin snapped (via X).

The New York Times reported this week that the person who received the contract for the private planes was a major donor to Noem.

"You guys, you guys, when we're doing a press conference or something, you guys want to completely steer away when you realize that this isn't someone that you should be defending and you bring up something as ridiculous as that," Mullin ranted.

"I'm just — I'm just saying I'm not even going to entertain your question, because that's not what we're here for," he claimed. "That's not — we're here for — if you want to add something that's detained to what we're having this press for, I'd be happy to do that. Okay? I'll take this last question because that wasn't even a question."

After taking the final question, Mullin raged, "I'm so tired of it all of a sudden being controversial because it's a political talking point."

By the end of the briefing, both subjects remained unresolved: Mullin declined to disclose where the man who was shot was taken, and he dismissed the contract question as ridiculous, saying he would not entertain it. Whether the department provides specifics on either front — the man's whereabouts or the awarding of the plane contract — remains to be seen.

This article is based on reporting by Alternet.