A new congressional report finds the FBI put out “intentionally misleading” statements regarding the man who shot Republican members of Congress at a practice for the Congressional Baseball Game in 2017.
The FBI published multiple statements claiming that the shooting had “no nexus to terrorism” and identifying the motive of the shooter—James Hodgkinson—as “suicide by cop.” Hodgkinson had opened fire on June 14, 2017, wounding six and nearly killing then-House Majority Whip Steve Scalise before police fatally shot him. Evidence suggested Hodgkinson, a Bernie Sanders supporter, had intentionally targeted Republicans.
“The FBI used false statements, manipulation of known facts, and biased and butchered analysis
to support a narrative that Hodgkinson committed suicide by cop without any nexus to domestic
terrorism,” concludes the report published Tuesday by…
