The House of Representatives will begin a formal investigation into the assassination attempt on former President Trump on Monday.
The bipartisan Trump Shooting Task Force sent two letters announcing that their investigation is taking priority over other ongoing House investigations into the incident and requesting all information sent to House committees so far about the July 13 shooting.
One letter was sent to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Acting Director of the US Secret Service Ronald Roe, while the other was addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray.
Lawmakers are calling on agencies and departments to hold staff-level briefings by Aug. 16, signaling the task force’s commitment to completing its investigations in a short timeframe.
District Attorney Butler said local snipers were not responsible for the rooftop shooter.
The Special Investigative Team into the Assassination Attempt against President Trump, led by Reps. Mike Kelly and Jason Crow, has officially launched an investigation. (Getty Images)
“We, as chairs and ranking members of the Donald J. Trump Assassination Attempt Task Force (Task Force), request documents and information related to the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024,” Reps. Mike Kelly (R-Pennsylvania) and Jason Crow (D-Colo.) said in the letter.
Several congressional investigations have been launched into how a 20-year-old gunman gained position on a roof just outside one of Trump’s rallies last month and shot and killed one rally-goer, including Trump himself, who was shot in the ear and escorted off the stage by the Secret Service.
The task force is an effort by House leadership to consolidate those efforts. The committee, which has subpoena power and broad jurisdiction to investigate shootings, aims to produce a report by the end of the year.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries led the task force meetings as a bipartisan effort. (Getty Images)
Kelly and Crow urged the Biden administration officials they wrote to “to submit documents and information directly to the Task Force going forward, including documents and information in progress pursuant to pending requests.”
The lawmakers also requested “all documents and information provided to any committee of the House or Senate to date related to the assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump” and “staff briefings to review the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration’s responses to Congress to date and to discuss future document and information task force priorities.”
The task force, made up of seven House Republicans and six House Democrats, was formed last month by a unanimous vote of 416-0.
A House Republican leader told Fox News Digital last month that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) had been overwhelmed with requests and insistence from House Republicans to join the committee.
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Trump was shot in the ear but was otherwise unharmed. (AP Photo/Jean J. Puskar)
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Both Kelly and Crow stressed that the investigation should not be politicized.
Crow, a former Army Ranger, told Fox News Digital earlier this month that he and Kelly have discussed the possibility of visiting the rally site in Pennsylvania where the shooting occurred. Kelly, who attended the rally in Butler, represents a surrounding district.
“Chairman Kelly and I have talked about it and we think it would be important if we could get support,” Crow said.
