The Task Force on The Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump. Over the course of less than five months, the Task Force interviewed witnesses, obtained and analyzed evidence, and held hearings on the assassination attempts in Pennsylvania and Florida. The full record of evidence clearly shows failures in advance planning by the Secret Service and its law enforcement partners in the days before the July 13 campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, and failures in execution on the day of the event itself. The Task Force’s investigation also identified preexisting conditions and leadership failures that set the stage for tragedy.
Introduction 5
Executive Summary 6
Background 9
Secret Service Advance Planning 9
Issues 23
Immediate Aftermath 46
Butler, PA: Security Failures and Recommendations 48
Failures in Planning 48
Status of Investigations 132
Additional Recommendations 135
Conclusion 140
Appendix I: Table of Names 141
Appendix II: Investigative Summary 147
Appendix III: Timeline of Task Force Activities 52
Appendix IV: Key Outstanding Requests to Agencies 157
Appendix V: Timeline of Key Events (Butler Rally) 161
Appendix VI: Related House Resolutions 177
Congressional members, the national edia, and the legal profession will all be interested in the findings of the Task Force.
