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The bipartisan congressional task force investigating the assassination attempt on former President Trump last month in Pennsylvania confirmed Monday they will be the only body with jurisdiction in probing the tragedy.
The comments from ranking member Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., come after several Republican lawmakers — including one who took part in the first congressional tour of the Butler, Pennsylvania, site — launched a parallel probe.
“We have sent one letter assuming jurisdiction from all other committees and directing all further productions of information to the task force,” Crow said Monday.
“We are the sole task force of jurisdiction for this investigation.”
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President Trump famously raised his fist and yelled “fight” to the crowd after surviving an assassination attempt in July. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., a former military sniper who during the last congressional tour pointed out several security lapses including an unmanned water tower overlooking both Trump’s dais and attempted assassin Thomas Crooks’ perch, is a member of the parallel panel.
Crane and Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., are leading the parallel probe. While Crane previously shared a tweet calling their omission from the official panel “total bull,” Mills said it may have been a predictable outcome.
“It’s very unfortunate but not surprising for anyone familiar with how D.C. works. I’m not a politician, leadership, or a ‘yes man,’” the Army veteran and State Department counter-sniper said.
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Representative Mike Kelly points in the distance as bipartisan U.S. lawmakers on a task force investigating the assassination attempt against former President Trump visit the shooting scene in Butler, Penn. on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (Adam Gray for Fox News…
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