Trump assassination attempt at Butler rally

Sources

1. 01.

   U.S. House of Representatives. Final Report of the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump. (2024). The report text itself, H. Rept. 118-873, filed 10 December 2024 and retrieved from govinfo as a PDF. Source for the Task Force's finding that 'the tragic and shocking events in Butler, Pennsylvania were preventable and should not have happened', that there was 'not, however, a singular moment or decision that allowed Thomas Matthew Crooks to nearly assassinate the former President', and for its conclusion that 'The events of July 13, 2024, were tragic and preventable, and the litany of related security failures are unacceptable.' Also the source for the shooting itself, for Corey Comperatore's death and the wounding of David Dutch and James Copenhaver. The URL previously given for this entry pointed at the Task Force's press release rather than the report, and the 'tragic and preventable' quotation attributed to it appears in the report, not the release.

   www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-118hrpt873/pdf/CRPT-118hrpt873.pdfopen_in_new
2. 02.

   Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump, U.S. House of Representatives. FINAL REPORT: Task Force Concludes its Investigation, Releases Report Text on Findings and Policy Recommendations. (2024). Press release of 10 December 2024, now cited under its own title rather than the report's. Source for the report text having been unanimously approved by the Task Force on 5 December 2024; for its '37 actionable recommendations'; for the six areas the findings address; and for the investigative scope — 46 transcribed interviews, nearly 20,000 pages of documents, more than a dozen briefings and two public hearings. The release does not name Crooks and does not contain the phrase 'tragic and preventable'.

   taskforce-kelly.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/final-report-task-force-concludes-its-investigation-releases-reportopen_in_new
3. 03.

   Stewart, K. (2024). House task force releases final report on Trump assassination attempts. NBC News. Published 10 December 2024; headline, byline and date confirmed from the page's own structured metadata. Contemporaneous reporting on the release, carrying the Task Force's finding that no single decision allowed Crooks to nearly assassinate Trump and that the FBI gave the Task Force access to 81 of more than 1,000 witness interview summaries. Secondary confirmation only; it does not state the number of recommendations.

   www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/house-task-force-releases-final-report-trump-assassinations-rcna183670open_in_newinventory_2archived copy