‘Zero Faith’: House GOP Concerned Political Bias Will Impede Trump Shooting Investigations
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Some Republican lawmakers expressed doubt over the ongoing federal investigations into the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, citing concerns of institutional bias during a Monday forum in Washington, D.C.
The United States Secret Service, FBI and Department of Homeland Security Inspector General launched investigations after 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate Trump during a July 13 rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania from a rooftop positioned just 130 yards away from the stage. Despite these investigations, Republican lawmakers hosting the forum told the Daily Caller News Foundation that they don’t trust the institutional leadership to fairly investigate the shooting.
I have faith in the rank and file members of the FBI doing an investigation,” Republican Rep. Eli Crane of Arizona told the DCNF. “I have zero faith in the head shed in the leadership of the FBI to actually release the information to the American people.”
“So there’s four investigations going on right now,” Republican Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona told the DCNF. “You got two in the Secret Service, one in the FBI, and you have one from the Inspector General. That’s the only one that I trust. I would trust the Inspector General, which is Inspector General Cuffari. And oddly enough, the establishment of this administration is trying to have him fired.”
During a forum at the Heritage Foundation regarding the assassination attempt, the lawmakers and witnesses recounted the numerous security lapses that transpired on July 13. Dan Bongino, host of the Dan Bongino Show and former Secret Service agent, said that the repeated failures implied that the agencies involved intentionally overlooked valid security concerns.
“How did you not have a roofline 130 yards away secured when you are taught day one in Secret Service training that the effective range of a quality sniper is 1,000 yards?” Bongino asked during the forum.
