House Votes Unanimously to Form Task Force to Investigate Trump Assassination Attempt

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The task force will take control of all House probes into the incident and must produce a report on its investigation.

The House of Representatives on July 24 passed a resolution creating a special task force to investigate the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13.

House Speaker Mike Johnson had announced the task force on July 18 amid bipartisan criticism of both the assassination attempt and the U.S. Secret Serviceโ€™s actions before the incident. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries later endorsed the task forceโ€™s creation, which was established by the House in a resolution that passed by a vote of 416 in favor to 0 against.

โ€œ[W]e are announcing a House Task Force made up of seven Republicans and six Democrats to thoroughly investigate the matter,โ€ wrote Messrs. Johnson and Jeffries in a joint statement on July 24. โ€œThe task force will be empowered with subpoena authority and will move quickly to find the facts, ensure accountability, and make certain such failures never happen again,โ€ they noted.

According to the authorizing resolution, the task force has been organized as a standing committee of the House. It is required to produce a report on the incident by Dec. 13, 2024, and offer recommendations to Congress on how legislation can prevent assassination attempts in the future.

Several House committees have already held hearings about the incident since July 22. On that day, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee held a hearing with Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle.

โ€œThe assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13th is the most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades,โ€ Ms. Cheatle told the committee. โ€œAs the Director of the United States Secret Service, I take full responsibility for any security lapse,โ€ she added.

Members from both parties criticized Ms. Cheatle for failing to disclose details about the incident to the committee, citing ongoing investigations. Ms. Cheatle resigned one day later, on July 23, the day that the House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing with the Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner, Col. Christopher Paris, about the state law enforcement response.

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