‘Deeply Concerned’: Bipartisan House Task Force On First Trump Assassination Attempt Wants To Hear From Secret Service On The Second

Phillip NietoSep 15th, 2024, 8:15 pm
 
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A bipartisan House congressional task force investigating the July assassination attempt on Donald Trump has called for a briefing with the Secret Service this week, according to Politico. Law enforcement has said the event at Trump’s golf club in Florida was another “attempted assassination.”

Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Jason Crow (D-CO), the chairman and ranking Democrat on the task force have requested the Secret Service leadership a briefing with the panel.

The full statement:

September 15, 2024
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump Chairman Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) and Ranking Member Jason Crow (D-Colo.) released this joint statement following a shooting that the FBI is investigating as an attempted assassination of former President Trump at his golf club in Florida on Sunday.

“The Task Force is monitoring this attempted assassination of former President Trump in West Palm Beach this afternoon. We have requested a briefing with the U.S. Secret Service about what happened and how security responded. We are thankful that the former President was not harmed, but remain deeply concerned about political violence and condemn it in all of its forms. The Task Force will share updates as we learn more.”

Politico noted Sunday that the joint statement “is an early sign that the House panel could be expanding its scope to also probe the Sunday incident. The group is already under a tight timeframe; under a resolution that passed the House unanimously earlier this year, they have until mid-December to issue its findings and legislative recommendations.”

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