House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced that he plans to create a task force to investigate the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
“I’ll be setting up on Monday a task force, a special task force, within the House, and the reason why we’re going to do it that way is because that is a more precision strike,” he said during an interview with Fox News.
“It goes quicker, there’s not a lot of the procedural hurdles, and we’ll have subpoena authority for that task force as well,” Johnson continued. “It will be compiled of both Republicans and Democrats to get down to the bottom of this quickly so the American people can get the answers they deserve.”
“Within hours, I was on the phone with Secretary Mayorkas at Homeland Security. He did not have satisfactory answers at that time. I’ve since spoken to leaders of the FBI, the Director of National Intelligence … there’s real questions, let’s just put it that way,” Johnson added. “The answers have not been forthcoming.”
“I think they’re gathering data. We’re going to do it as well. We have to have accountability for this,” he declared.
Several hearings relating to the assassination attempt are scheduled for next week. The House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on July 22, and the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on July 23.
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) subpoenaed Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle after her “attendance” to the hearing was “in question.”
“Despite allowing you to speak with the media, both the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Secret Service have failed to provide assurances regarding your appearance at the Oversight Committee’s scheduled hearing, thereby necessitating the attached subpoena,” the letter read.
“The lack of transparency and failure to cooperate with the Committee on this pressing matter by both DHS and the Secret Service further calls into question [Cheatle’s] ability to lead the Secret Service and necessitates the attached subpoena compelling your appearance before the Oversight Committee,” Comer added.
