The Justice Department and FBI provided “limited cooperation” to the House Select Committee investigating the assassination attempt against President-elect Donald Trump, according to the task force’s final report.
Among the final recommendations: reportThese include reconsidering whether to keep the Secret Service within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and limiting protections for foreign leaders. It says there is a need to “clarify the right” to obtain relevant information.
“Regarding the Butler assassination attempt, the task force’s request for information was characterized by the FBI as suggesting ‘significant law enforcement sensitivities,’ and subsequent FBI disclosures were classified as ‘special considerations.’ It was done.[s] unique to this issue,” the report said. “As for the assassination attempt in Florida, the gunman is alive and awaiting arrest and likely indictment, but the FBI has not provided any documents in response to the task force’s request, and the I only explained the situation once on September 25th.
The task force said requests for documents related to the “preparation, events, and response to the second assassination attempt” remain unsubmitted by DHS, the Secret Service, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. (Related: Secret Service’s ‘rampant’ problems won’t be solved by throwing money at them, former intelligence officer says)
🚨Final report🚨
The Special Committee’s final report on the assassination attempt of Donald J. Trump highlights significant failures in the planning, execution, and leadership of the Secret Service and its law enforcement partners. pic.twitter.com/jSvVprkEBy
— Task Force on Trump Assassination Attempt (@TFAADJT) December 10, 2024
The FBI also failed to provide a digital analysis of Butler Larry Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks’ devices and Crooks’ “online activities and certain other documents repeatedly requested by the task force.”
“An ongoing investigation,” whether rooted in generalized “law enforcement sensitivities” or an indefinite “law enforcement privilege” derived from common law. The phrase should not be treated as a magic spell that negates Congress’ broad access to relevant information “necessary to carry out its constitutional functions,” the report states.
During the course of its investigation, the Special Committee accessed more than 18,000 pages of documents and records of 46 witness interviews. Ultimately, it concluded that the attempt on Trump’s life at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, was “preventable and should never have happened.”
“However, there was no specific moment or decision that brought Thomas Matthew Crooks close to assassinating the former president,” the report states. “Various failures in planning, execution, and leadership leading up to July 13, 2024, combined with pre-existing conditions that undermined the effectiveness of the human and material assets deployed on that date, resulted in the failure of the former President and all created a safe working environment for employees who were exposed to serious danger at the campaign event. ”
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