BELOW SUPERNAV drop zone ⇩

Trump shooting task force issues extensive requests to DHS, Secret Service

U.S. Secret Service agents respond as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded on stage by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

MAIN AREA TOP drop zone ⇩

ovp test

mLife Diagnostics LLC: Oral Fluid Drug Testing

Male shot by female at Shreveport apartment

Class to create biodiverse backyard

Rules for outbursts at Caddo School Board Meeting

The House task force investigating the assassination attempt against former President Trump issued an extensive request to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Secret Service on Wednesday for documents pertaining to the attack and interviews with Secret Service officials involved with the rally.

In the letters to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe, task force Chair Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) and ranking member Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) include six pages of detailed requests.

They gave a short, one-week time frame for production of the documents, with a Sept. 4 deadline.

Documents requested include those related to the Secret Service’s intelligence advance process, the site selection process and security planning for outdoor events, as well as communications between the Secret Service and contractors, DHS employees, and state and local law enforcement.

Kelly and Crow also asked for transcribed interviews with the Secret Service local field office special agent in charge, the special agent in charge of Trump’s protective division, the site agent and lead advance agent for the rally, and various other officials.

In addition to requesting new interviews, the task force asked for all transcripts from interviews already conducted by DHS and the Secret Service related to the July 13 shooting.

Members of the task force on Monday toured the Butler, Pa., site of the rally, where 20-year-old suspected shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks fired from a roof at Trump, grazing his ear, killing one rally attendee, and critically injuring two other attendees.

Anthony Guglielmi, Secret Service chief of communications, said in a statement the agency “has the highest level of respect for congressional oversight” and “is fully cooperating and will continue to cooperate.”

“Since the attempted assassination of former President Trump, we have provided over 1,000 pages of responsive documentation to Congress and have made our employees available for interviews. Those efforts will continue as our desire to learn from this failure and ensure it never happens again is unwavering. We welcome any and all efforts towards that end,” Guglielmi said.

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security expressed a similar sentiment in a statement.

“DHS remains committed to working with the appropriate and relevant investigations into July 13th, including with the Congressional Task Force, to identify how this happened and how to prevent it from happening again. The Department responds to congressional requests directly via official channels and will continue to do so,” a DHS spokesperson said.

Rebecca Beitsch contributed.

Politics

Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed

MAIN AREA MIDDLE drop zone ⇩

Trending on NewsNation

MAIN AREA BOTTOM drop zone ⇩

tt

KC Chiefs parade shooting: 1 dead, 21 shot including 9 kids | Morning in America

Witness of Chiefs parade shooting describes suspect | Banfield

Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting: Mom of 2 dead, over 20 shot | Banfield

WWE star Ashley Massaro 'threatened' by board to keep quiet about alleged rape: Friend | Banfield

Friend of WWE star: Ashley Massaro 'spent hours' sobbing after alleged rape | Banfield

Clear

la

62°F Clear Feels like 62°
Wind
4 mph N
Humidity
35%
Sunrise
Sunset

Tonight

Partly cloudy skies. Low 52F. Winds light and variable.
52°F Partly cloudy skies. Low 52F. Winds light and variable.
Wind
3 mph N
Precip
1%
Sunset
Moon Phase
Waning Gibbous