Speaker Mike Johnson plans to form a special House task force to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
plans to form a special House task force to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
He said he plans to appoint Republicans and Democrats to the bipartisan task force, which will be given subpoena authority to compel testimony and document production if needed. Both panels have already announced public hearings for next week — Oversight on Monday and Homeland Security on Tuesday — that Mr.hopes still occur. However, he said Republicans have heard “rumblings” that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas may not allow Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to attend the hearings.
“Her explanation to the media that there was a slant on the roof so there was a safety concern,” he said. “Come on. It doesn’t wash.”said he hasn’t spoken with Ms. Cheatle since the attempt on Mr. Trump’s life. The speaker did talk to Mr. Mayorkas as well as intelligence and FBI leaders and was unsatisfied with the information provided to date.
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