Speaker Johnson Announces Bipartisan House Task Force to Investigate Trump Assassination Attempt

House Speaker Mike Johnson called on the Secret Service director to resign and said the House investigations would be centralized in his office.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wis., on July 15, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on July 17 that he would establish a task force in the House of Representatives to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13.

Former President Trump was grazed on his right ear by a bullet fired by Thomas Matthew Crooks during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The incident was the first time in more than 40 years that a U.S. president was injured in an assassination attempt.