The House task force investigating the first assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump has released an interim report highlighting significant security failures that led to the tragic events of July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania. The report, based on 23 interviews with local law enforcement officials and thousands of pages of documents, concluded that the incident was preventable and should not have occurred.
The bipartisan task force's findings shed light on the lack of communication and coordination among local law enforcement agencies during the Trump rally, where the gunman, Thomas Crooks, attempted to assassinate the former president. Testimony from unnamed Butler officials detailed the chaotic sequence of events, including delays in relaying critical information about Crooks' activities.
