The House Select Committee investigating former President Trump's assassination attempt sent two letters to Biden administration officials in September requesting documents and information about the second threat.
One letter was sent to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI, and the second was addressed to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Secret Intelligence Service. According to the press release Published Friday.
Both investigations were signed by task force chair Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pennsylvania) and Ranking Member Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), and included the following: All records of ownership, storage, and management were requested. Please report incidents of September 15th by October 11th.
The assassination attempt in September, the second in three months, occurred at the former president's golf resort in West Palm Beach, Florida, when Secret Service agents noticed a man pointing a rifle around the course. Ta. The suspect, identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, pleaded not guilty after being charged with federal gun crimes.
President Trump previously accused the Justice Department and FBI of “mishandling and downplaying” the threat and suggested the case should be handled by Florida authorities.
“Kamala Harris/Joe Biden The Justice Department and FBI are wrongly downplaying the second assassination attempt on my life since July. It’s a slap in the face,” he wrote in a lengthy statement after the incident.
“It's no wonder, because the Justice Department and FBI have been relentlessly pursuing me with arms-length legislation ever since I announced my first historic campaign for the presidency,” he added.
The Secret Service has come under increased scrutiny following two assassination attempts against former presidents. The first was when President Trump was grazed in the ear by a bullet during a rally in Pennsylvania in July, leading to the resignation of former Secretary of State Kimberly Cheatle.
After the initial threat, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released a scathing report about the Secret Service's repeated failures during the campaign in Butler, Pennsylvania. The former president is scheduled to return to the field to hold another campaign event on Saturday.
The House and Senate also recently passed legislation to increase security around Republican presidential candidates.
In response to a request for comment, DHS said it has responded to Congress through official channels and “will continue to respond to Congressional oversight.”
The Hill also contacted the FBI, Justice Department, and Secret Service.
