Task force investigating Trump assassination attempt expands to
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Tuesday that the bipartisan task force established to investigate the July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump will be expanded to include the weekend incident at the Republican presidential candidate’s Florida golf club. an apparent assassination attempt.
“We in Congress have a responsibility to get to the bottom of this matter, why these things are happening and what we can do about it,” Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said in a statement.
Johnson said he spoke with the White House and urged Trump to receive the same level of protection from the U.S. Secret Service as a sitting president.
“He’s constantly being threatened,” Johnson said of Trump.
when trump Unhurt in the second possible assassination attempt, His ear was hit by a bullet In July, a shooting occurred in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“He’s in the middle of a tight campaign and it’s a no-brainer and now it’s proven that it’s what we need to do,” Johnson said. “In the meantime, Congress will do everything it can to make sure that happens. One of the things we’re going to do is expand the existing task force to cover the second assassination attempt.
The task force is led by Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and Jason Crow, D-Colo. Tuesday asked the Justice Department and F.B.I.Lawmakers were notified of the possible assassination attempt by Friday.
Ryan Wesley Routh, suspect in Florida incident Charged in federal court Monday Possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and obliterating the serial number on the firearm, according to court records.
Ron Rowe, acting director of the U.S. Secret Service, said Monday that Rouse did not fire his weapon.
Rowe said that since the July 13 assassination attempt, the U.S. Secret Service has “taken action to increase assets to strengthen the former president’s security posture.”
He added that President Joe Biden “has made clear that he wants the highest level of protection for former President Trump.”
“The Secret Service took action to maintain the increased assets and the level of protection sought, and those things were put in place yesterday,” Rowe said of Sunday’s events.
