Lawmakers demand Secret Service briefing on second Trump assassination attempt

A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers on a task force investigating the assassination attempt on former President Trump has asked the U.S. Secret Service for a briefing on the latest assassination attempt on the former president on Sunday.

On Sunday, a man with an AK-47 was shot at by Secret Service agents after he raised his rifle from a bush between 300 and 500 yards from Trump, who was playing a round of golf at his club in West Palm Beach, Florida. The man fled and was later arrested. The suspect was identified as Ryan Routh.

Later that day, Task Force Chairman Mike Kelly (R-Pennsylvania) and Task Force ranking member Jason Crow (D-Colo.) released a joint statement following the attempted assassination.

“The Task Force is monitoring this attempted assassination of former President Trump this afternoon in West Palm Beach,” the bipartisan statement said. “We have requested a briefing from U.S. Secret Service on the incident and the response of security forces.”

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The task force, of which the two lawmakers are members, was created on August 4 by House Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

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It was set up after a gunman opened fire on Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.

At the rally, Trump was speaking about the border when shots were fired by 20-year-old gunman Thomas Crooks from the roof of a nearby building.

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Crooks was about 137 yards from Trump when he fired eight shots from an AR-15 rifle, grazing the former president's ear.

64 days after Trump was nearly killed, another shooter came very close to the former president.

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“We are grateful that no harm came to the former President, but remain deeply concerned about political violence and condemn it in all its forms,” ​​Kelly and Crow wrote. “The Task Force will keep us updated as we learn more.”

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