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Assassination of Donald Trump, FBI chief faces questions from lawmakers

Politiko 2024-07-24 16:39:50

Assassination of Donald Trump, FBI chief faces questions from lawmakers

FBI Director Christopher Wray is testifying Wednesday at a congressional hearing on the bureau's investigation into the assassination of former President Donald Trump. Lawmakers are expected to ask him for new details on the attacker's motive and background.

The House Judiciary Committee hearing is the first time Mr Wray has spoken in detail about the incident as agents continue to investigate 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.

The assassination was the worst attempt to kill a president or presidential candidate in the United States since President Ronald Reagan was assassinated in 1981.

The hearing was scheduled long before the July 13 attack on former President Trump as part of the commission's routine oversight of the FBI and Justice Department, but questions about the assassination are dominating.

Although the FBI has not been targeted with the same intensity as the Secret Service over security failures to protect former President Trump, lawmakers are likely to ask plenty of questions about the FBI's assessment that Crooks did not leave a trail. any apparent ideological motive for his actions.

On Tuesday, after fierce criticism from both Republicans and Democrats, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned.

The FBI has said it is investigating the incident in Butler, Pennsylvania, which left one rally participant dead and two others seriously injured, as an act of domestic terrorism and attempted murder.

Mr. Wray and other senior officials privately briefed members of Congress last week, telling them that Crooks had pictures of former President Trump and President Joe Biden, as well as other officials, on his phone. He had also searched online for the dates of the Democratic National Convention as well as Mr. Trump's campaign activities.

A law enforcement official told The Associated Press last week that Crooks had also launched a drone over the rally site before the attack, apparently in an effort to get an idea of ​​the scene./VOA

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