Washington, Sept 26 (Alliance News): The House task force investigating the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, is set to hold its first hearing on Capitol Hill this Thursday.
The hearing will focus on the actions of local law enforcement and a medical examiner in the aftermath of the July 13 incident, where Trump was shot, and one rally attendee was killed.
This hearing follows the release of a bipartisan Senate committee report that criticized the Secret Service for key security failures during the rally.
The report highlighted a lack of decision-making and a fragmented leadership structure, which led to significant lapses in security, including confusion over who was responsible for securing the area around the rally.
Local law enforcement will be under scrutiny at the hearing, with witnesses including a local police patrolman, sergeant, a Pennsylvania State Police officer, and a medical examiner.
The task force, recently expanded to investigate a second assassination attempt on Trump in Florida earlier this month, has previously visited the Pennsylvania rally site and conducted interviews with local and federal officers involved in the security and investigations.
While the Secret Service has taken full responsibility for the security failures, questions linger about why local law enforcement did not prevent the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, from climbing a nearby building with a rifle, despite prior warnings. Crooks was killed by Secret Service agents shortly after the attack.
