Bipartisan lawmakers on the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump visited the site of the assassination attempt on Monday.
Members of the task force Sen. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Reps. Mark Green (R-TN), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL).
Kelly told reporters that visiting the site versus merely seeing images of the location is the “difference between day and night.”
“When you’re actually here on this surface, when you’re actually walking these grounds, when you’re actually going to the building, when you’re actually up on the roof, when you’re actually looking at where did we have people positioned, where was the shooter positioned, if you can actually look at that, right now, in person, then all the rest of the pictures, right away it’s like, ‘Okay, I got it. I know where that was.'”
He continued: “So the big thing for us being here today was to actually be on the ground, get familiar with the ground, be comfortable with the questions we were gonna ask.”
Rep. Lee said that the lawmakers’ visit raised “more questions that we came here with today.”
“We can see it’s not a large place, we can get a sense of the area and just how close these buildings were to that stage where President Trump stood that day.”
Last week, Rep. Higgins released a preliminary investigative report on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
The FBI “cleaned up biological evidence from the crime scene, which is unheard of,” he wrote. “Cops don’t do that, ever.”
Higgins concluded, “I am prayerful that our Task Force can move forward effectively and professionally, guided by our shared love for America and our determination to seek full truth. Please know, as we continue our investigation into the attempted assassination of our former President, you can rely upon me as a solemn investigator of fact. It is with that spirit that I submit this confidential preliminary investigative report.”
