The Congressional Task Force investigating two assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump in July and September has accused the ATF of stonewalling their requests for documents and information. After the ATF failed to respond to multiple requests, the Task Force issued subpoenas seeking testimony from ATF employees. The subpoenas were issued after ATF made some documents available only after the subpoenas were served.
One of the subpoenas is targeting an agent involved in ATF’s response to the July 13 shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump was injured. Another subpoena is for testimony from a supervisory agent. Task force members Rep. Mike Kelly and Rep. Jason Crow had previously sent requests for documents and materials to the ATF but had received an insufficient and untimely response. The ATF had failed to produce any documents or make personnel available for interviews.
The task force requested documents related to the ATF’s critical incident response on July 13, 2024, including the investigation of an improvised explosive device found at the home of Matthew Crooks and efforts to locate Crooks’s vehicle. Crooks attempted to assassinate Trump at a rally, injuring multiple attendees and killing one. The motive behind Crooks’ attempted assassination is still under investigation by members of Congress and U.S. government agencies.
Rep. Mike Waltz, a retired Green Beret on the task force, revealed that Crooks had multiple encrypted accounts on platforms in Belgium, New Zealand, and Germany, but the reason for these accounts is still unclear. The investigators are also trying to determine why the suspect in the second assassination attempt, Ryan Routh, pointed a rifle at Trump just outside the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach in September. It remains a mystery what motivated these attempts on Trump’s life and what other details are yet to be uncovered.
The task force served subpoenas to ATF employees after the bureau failed to respond to multiple requests for documents and information regarding the attempted assassinations of President-elect Donald Trump in July and September. The subpoenas were issued after the ATF finally made some documents available following the subpoenas. The task force had previously sent requests for documents and interviews, but the ATF had failed to provide an adequate response, leading to the subpoenas being issued. The investigations into these attempts on Trump’s life are ongoing.
The requests for production from the task force include documents related to the ATF’s response to the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump was injured, as well as efforts to locate the suspects involved. The motivation behind these attempts on Trump’s life is still being investigated by Congress and various U.S. government agencies. Members of the task force, including Rep. Mike Waltz, are working to uncover all the details surrounding these attempts and why the suspects targeted the President-elect. The subpoenas issued to ATF employees are part of the ongoing efforts to find answers and justice for the attempted assassinations of Trump.