House Votes Unanimously to Form Task Force to Investigate Trump Assassination Attempt

The task force will take control of all House probes into the incident and must produce a report on its investigation.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage after an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The House on July 24 passed a resolution creating a special task force to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced the task force on July 18 amid bipartisan criticism of both the assassination attempt and the Secret Service’s actions before the incident. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries later endorsed the task force’s creation, which was established by the House in a resolution that passed by a vote of 416–0.