A preliminary report by the House task force on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump provides new detail about the lack of coordination between the Secret Service and state and local law enforcement officers that contributed to Trump nearly being killed and the murder of rallygoer Corey Comperatore.
The report, released early Monday, also asserts that a local law enforcement officer said he fired at shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks before the Secret Service countersniper fired the shot that killed him, and that this first shot may have caused Crooks to stop shooting.
But House task force investigators concluded that the order of the shots remains unclear. Crooks’ autopsy shows that only one bullet entered Crooks’ head and credits the Secret Service countersniper for firing that shot, the report states.
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem…
