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 Service’s actions before the incident. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries later endorsed the task force’s creation, which was established by the House in a resolution that passed by a vote of 416 in favor to 0 against.
“[W]e are announcing a House Task Force made up of seven Republicans and six Democrats to thoroughly investigate the matter,” wrote Messrs. Johnson and Jeffries in a joint statement on July 24. “The 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,” they noted….