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Speaker Mike Johnson announces bipartisan task force to investigate Trump assassination attempt

Johnson said that he would be working with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to form a task force with subpoena power to "thoroughly investigate the matter."

Speaker Mike Johnson.
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US House Speaker Mike Johnson announced today (Tuesday) that he would be forming a bipartisan task force to quickly investigate the assassination attempt on former President and Republican nominee Donald Trump.

In a post he published on X, he said that "The security failures that allowed an assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life are shocking." In response, House Minority Leader Hakeen Jeffries "and I are announcing a House Task Force made up of seven Republicans and six Democrats to thoroughly investigate the matter. The task force will be empowered with subpoena authority and will move quickly to find the facts, ensure accountability, and make certain such failures never happen again."

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