{"id":2331276,"date":"2024-08-26T18:30:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T22:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-shooting-task-force-politically-put-together-says-rogue-panel-leader-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T18:35:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T22:35:25","slug":"trump-shooting-task-force-politically-put-together-says-rogue-panel-leader-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-shooting-task-force-politically-put-together-says-rogue-panel-leader-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump shooting task force &#8216;politically put together,&#8217; says rogue panel leader- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-shooting-task-force-politically-put-together-says-rogue-panel-leader-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2331276&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary covers an ongoing investigation into the\u200d assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, led by \u200ca group of House\u2062 Republicans known\u2062 as the &#8220;J13 Forum.&#8221; Representative Crane, a key figure in\u200c this investigation, criticized a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-some-of-the-big-changes-in-the-senate-passed-stimulus-bill\/\" title=\"Here Are Some Of The Big Changes In The Senate-Passed Stimulus Bill\">bipartisan task force<\/a> established by\u2062 House leaders,\u2062 claiming it was &#8220;politically put together&#8221; and lacked the necessary members\u2062 who could provide \u200dunbiased testimonies. The first hearing of the J13 Forum focused on failures by federal agencies to\u200b respond effectively before the shooting incident, \u200bwhile the official\u2064 task force held its press conference simultaneously. Crane expressed concern that \u200dthe official task force would not invite witnesses who might present controversial \u200dtestimonies, \u2062citing potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-grants-26-pardons-and-3-commutations-includes-numerous-prominent-names\/\" title=\"Trump Grants 26 Pardons And 3 Commutations, Includes Numerous Prominent Names\">political bias<\/a>\u200b affecting security measures. A former \u2063Secret Service \u2063agent, Dan Bongino, suggested that security decisions might have been influenced by political optics, raising questions about the intent behind the federal responses to \u2063the assassination attempt. the investigation seeks to\u200d understand whether the security\u200d failures were due to\u200c incompetence or deliberate disregard, though no solid evidence of malicious \u2062intent\u200c has been \u2062presented so\u200b far.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump shooting task force &lsquo;politically put together,&rsquo; says rogue panel leader<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1737006\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>One of the House Republicans leading an unsanctioned investigation into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3133145\/republicans-fracturing-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>assassination attempt<\/a> of former President Donald Trump accused the bipartisan task force approved by GOP leadership of being &ldquo;politically put together.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3131324\/rogue-task-force-sidesteps-johnson-hearing-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">independent panel<\/a><\/span>  dubbed the &ldquo;J13 Forum,&rdquo; in a nod to the day the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-k-terrorism-official-theres-a-real-acceleration-by-iran-to-assassinate-enemies-on-foreign-soil\/\" title=\"UK Terrorism Official: Iran Speeds Up Plotting Assassinations Abroad\">assassination attempt occurred<\/a> in July, held its first hearing on Monday and focused on the failures of federal agencies to act quickly in the moments leading up to the shooting. The hearing coincided with the first press conference of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3118436\/trump-assassination-task-force-letters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>official task force,<\/a> which was created by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to have sole jurisdiction over House investigations into the attempt on Trump&rsquo;s life.<\/p>\n<p>Crane underscored the importance of a separate investigation and said the bipartisan task force was &ldquo;political in its forming&rdquo; based on the members who were tapped for the panel. Crane cited at least three snipers in Congress who were overlooked for the committee, including himself, Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL), and Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he said, leadership chose members from across the ideological spectrum, a move he said would negatively affect who gets brought before the task force to testify.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That tells you all you need to know,&rdquo; Crane said. &ldquo;So if you start working your way out from that, it was politically put together.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He suggested the panel would be reluctant to invite witnesses who &ldquo;might say some things that could ruffle some feathers.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>One such example is Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service special agent who testified before the J13 Forum on Monday and openly questioned whether politics played a role in the security failures by the federal agency.<\/p>\n<p>Bongino, a conservative commentator, said there may have been some political bias by law enforcement and argued that an &ldquo;advanced security posture&rdquo; typically provided to presidential candidates &ldquo;would have made him look more presidential.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think they were concerned about optics and making him &lsquo;Worldwide Big Shot,&rsquo;&rdquo; Bongino said, &ldquo;and they were making some of these decisions based purely on grade school-level politics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That suggestion emerged as a key theme among lawmakers on the panel, who used the hearing to question whether there may have been malicious intent behind the security shortcomings, though no evidence of ill intent has yet been produced, either by the official House panel or FBI investigation into the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The question here is whether this was your run-of-the-mill government incompetence or whether you see features of just disregard for the duty at hand, that there&rsquo;s some malice,&rdquo; firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said during the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The tenor of the hearing was driven, in part, by the fact that its members are some of the former president&rsquo;s staunchest allies on Capitol Hill. By contrast, the official task force, made up of seven Republicans and six Democrats, emphasized bipartisanship and a methodical, slower approach to investigating the assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the official task force did not respond to a request for comment by press time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what they&rsquo;re going to ask, but I hope they&rsquo;re willing to ask questions that might even seem a bit unconventional because the American people have a lot of unconventional questions,&rdquo; Crane said of the official panel. &ldquo;They have questions that are often uncomfortable to ask, but we&rsquo;re their representatives, so we got to ask them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The J13 Forum is expected to continue holding hearings over the coming months, Mills said Monday, although it&rsquo;s not yet clear when the group may produce its findings or a final report.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1737006\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1737006\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**Trump Shooting Task Force Criticized as &#8216;Politically Assembled,&#8217; Claims Rogue Panel Leader**<\/p>\n<p>A House Republican spearheading an unofficial inquiry into the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has accused the bipartisan task force, sanctioned by GOP leadership, of being &#8220;politically assembled.&#8221; The independent group, referred to as the &#8220;J13 Forum&#8221;\u2014named after the date of the shooting in July\u2014held its inaugural hearing on Monday. This session concentrated on federal agencies&#8217; failures to respond promptly before the incident. Coinciding with this was a press conference for the official task force established by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), which is tasked with overseeing House investigations related to Trump&#8217;s life-threatening situation.<\/p>\n<p>Crane emphasized the necessity for a distinct investigation and criticized the bipartisan task force as being formed based on political considerations regarding its members. He pointed out that at least three potential candidates from Congress were overlooked for inclusion in this committee: himself, Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL), and Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX). Instead, he claimed that leadership selected members from various ideological backgrounds, which he argued would adversely impact who is called to testify before them. &#8220;That tells you all you need to know,&#8221; Crane remarked, suggesting that such decisions indicate a politically motivated assembly.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed concern that this panel might hesitate to invite witnesses who could provide controversial insights. One example mentioned was Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent who testified at Monday&#8217;s J13 Forum and raised questions about whether political factors influenced security lapses within federal agencies. Bongino suggested there may have been some bias among law enforcement officials and contended that an enhanced security presence typically afforded to presidential candidates could have improved Trump&#8217;s public image during his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think they were worried about optics and making him look like &#8216;Worldwide Big Shot,'&#8221; Bongino stated, asserting that decisions were made based on simplistic political considerations rather than sound judgment.<\/p>\n<p>This notion resonated among lawmakers present at the hearing as they explored whether there might have been malicious intent behind security failures; however, no evidence supporting such claims has yet emerged from either the official House panel or FBI investigations into the shooting incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The question here is whether this was just typical government incompetence or if there&#8217;s evidence of willful negligence,&#8221; said Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) during discussions.<\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere of this hearing was notably influenced by its members&#8217; strong support for Trump within Congress. In contrast, the official task force\u2014which includes seven Republicans and six Democrats\u2014has focused on bipartisanship while taking a more deliberate approach toward investigating what transpired during the assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for this official group did not respond when asked for comments prior to publication time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m not sure what questions they&#8217;ll pose but hope they&#8217;re open-minded enough to tackle some unconventional inquiries since Americans have many pressing questions,&#8221; Crane commented regarding expectations from their counterparts in Congress. &#8220;These are often uncomfortable topics we must address because we represent our constituents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The J13 Forum plans to continue holding hearings over upcoming months; however, it remains uncertain when they will release their findings or final report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2331277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Trump-failed-assassination-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[35795,39345,39344,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2331276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-political-criticism","tag-rogue-panel","tag-shooting-task-force","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Trump-failed-assassination-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}