House lawmakers demand Secret Service briefing on 2nd Trump assassination attempt

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Politico

09/15/2024 07:11 PM EDT


A bipartisan House task force was already investigating the July assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. Sunday’s attack may have lawmakers expanding their probe. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) and Jason Crow (D-Colo.), the chair and top Democrat on the House task force, have requested a briefing for the panel with the Secret Service this week over what authorities have deemed another “attempted assassination” that occurred at Trump’s golf club in Florida. Shots were fired near Trump, who was unharmed, and a suspect is in custody.

“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,” Kelly and Crow said in a joint statement, vowing to “share updates as we learn more.”

The House task force was created earlier this year to investigate the assassination attempt against Trump at his July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Part of the group’s goal is to identify failures leading up to that incident and prevent similar attacks in the future. Members met just days ago with acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. as part of that investigation.

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.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/15/house-lawmakers-trump-assassination-attempt-00179253

[Botany]

1. I hope they look into all the Bigfoot sightings too

[Magoo48]

8. I'd rather see them be looking into Greenfield than the Orange Menace.

[Trenzalore]

2. Seems like they did their job

They spotted the suspect before he was in the area and neutralized the threat.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. And captured him "alive"

for charges.

[PortTack]

5. They spotted the guy that was placed there by frump team and did what they were told... by him.

[PSPS]

6. I think they botched their job.

I think the script called for him being killed so he would never blab, but they missed and, instead, he ended up being apprehended alive by another agency not part of the cast. The first "attempt" worked more as planned, with the shooter dead and the media dropping the whole thing. You can tell the media is squirming, trying to cover this story without really covering it.

[Wonder Why]

4. Thank goodness they are not wasting their time working on a budget! 😁😁😁

[Owens]

7. Lets remember who's running the FBI

A republican!