Attorney General Says He Will Investigate Why 2017 Shooting at Baseball Game Classified as ‘Suicide by Cop’

Judge Merrick Garland testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be attorney general, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 22, 2021. Demetrius Freeman/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday said he will investigate why the FBI deemed the 2017 shooting that severely wounded Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) as “suicide by cop” rather than domestic terrorism, as Republicans have suggested.

During a hearing about the Department of Justice’s fiscal year 2022 request, Garland told lawmakers: “I promise I will raise the issue with the FBI.”