Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) said on Sunday she thinks the Trump administration is trying to “cover up” the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer by pushing a narrative before investigators were able to gather information.

“I think what we are seeing here is the federal government, [Homeland Security Secretary] Kristi Noem, Vice President Vance, Donald Trump, attempt to cover up what happened here in the Twin Cities. And I don’t think that people here and around the country are believing it,” Smith said in an interview on ABC News’s “This Week.”

The Minnesota senator criticized Noem’s hasty characterization of the shooting of Renee Nicole Macklin Good, an American citizen, as an entirely justified use of force against a woman who “weaponized” her vehicle in an “act of domestic terrorism.” The swift assessment has even some Republicans on Capitol Hill raising questions.

“You can see everything that they are doing is trying to shape the narrative, to say what happened, without any investigation,” Smith said, when asked to elaborate on her claim of a “cover-up.”

“And, you know, hours after Renee Good was shot and killed by federal agents, Kristi Noem was already telling us exactly what had happened. They were calling her a domestic terrorist before they even knew what her name was,” she continued.

Smith said her concerns are amplified by federal officers not working with state law enforcement on the investigation.

“What I see — especially because they are blocking state investigators from participating in any way in this investigation — that they have a strategy of putting out what their version of events are. And that is very dangerous. And I don’t think people are going to buy it, particularly after you see these videos,” she said, referring to released footage of the shooting.

The White House sharply pushed back in a statement, accusing the senator of using rhetoric that contributes to an environment that makes violence against law enforcement officers more likely.

”Democrats constantly rush to take the side of criminals over law enforcement officers. Tina’s lies only serve to further inflame tensions and incite violence against law enforcement officers,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement.