Trump assassination attempt task force subpoenas 2 ATF employees, alleging stonewalling
The congressional task force investigating the July and September assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump has accused the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) of stonewalling.The Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J.Trump on Monday issued subpoenas seeking testimony from ATF employees after the bureau had not responded to lawmakers’ multiple requests for documents and information, according to a news release. “For weeks, ATF had not produced any requested documents or made any personnel available for interviews with the Task Force.
However, less than one hour after the Task Force served its subpoenas yesterday for depositions, ATF made its first set of documents available to the Task Force,” the release stated.One of the subpoenas targets an agent who participated in ATF’s response to the July 13 shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, in which Trump was injured by a bullet that grazed his right ear.Two rally goers were also hit by gunfire and a third was killed in the assassination attempt.
The second subpoena is for testimony from a supervisory agent, according to the task force.Letters announcing the subpoena from task force Chairman Rep.Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and ranking member Rep.
Jason Crow, D-Colo., indicated the task force previously sent requests for documents and materials on Oct.3 and Nov.
6, including for transcribed interviews from ATF personnel. “The Task Force specifically outlined seventeen requests for document production, even going so far as to note which were the priority items.In addition, the Task Force identified three categories of requests for transcribed interviews with relevant ATF agents,” the letter states. “ATF’s October 22, response was insufficient and untimely.
It was delivered to the Task Force five days past the deadline, and contained less than four and half pages, more than half of which consisted of summary narratives.To date, ATF has failed to produce a s...