The bipartisan congressional select committee investigating last month's assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania confirmed Monday that it will be the sole body with jurisdiction over the tragedy.
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado,'s comments came after several Republican lawmakers launched a parallel investigation, including one on the first congressional tour of the Butler, Pennsylvania, facility.
“We have taken over authority from all the other committees and sent one letter directing all future submissions of information to the task force,” Crow said Monday.
“We are the sole task force with jurisdiction over this investigation.”
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After surviving an assassination attempt in July, Trump famously pumped his fist in the air and yelled “fight!” at the crowd. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Rep. Eli Klain (R-Ariz.), a former military sniper who pointed out several security deficiencies during his last tour of Congress, including an unmanned water tower overlooking Trump's podium and the compound of attempted assassin Thomas Crooks, is a member of the parallel committee.
Klain and Republican Rep. Corey Mills of Florida are leading parallel investigations. Klain previously tweeted that their removal from the official committee was “total bullshit,” but Mills said it may have been an expected outcome.
“It's very unfortunate, but not surprising to anyone who knows how Washington works. I'm not a politician, a leader or a 'yes man,'” said the Army veteran and State Department countersniper.
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Rep. Mike Kelly points into the distance as a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers from a special team investigating the assassination attempt on former President Trump visits the scene of a shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)
The committee reportedly includes Mills, Klain, conservative commentator Benny Arthur Johnson, and Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.).
But in Butler on Monday, Crow, a retired Army Ranger, seemed to echo Crain's criticism, saying there were “a lot of areas today where it looked like visibility was not there.”
Official task force chairman Mike Kelly, who represents the neighborhood in which the site is located, said the goal is results, not speed.
Crow echoed Kelly, adding that all 416 House members voted unanimously in favor of establishing the committee, saying, “You don't have to be a Democrat, Republican or Independent to say there is no place for political violence in America.”
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Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) (Getty)
“In America, you can't plot the assassination of a candidate or an elected official,” Crow added, saying he hoped the investigation would give Americans confidence that candidates are safe.
“We don't want them to be afraid to speak their mind,” added Rep. Lou Correa (D-Calif.).
“Where does the responsibility lie? Who is ultimately responsible for what happened here? Who is in charge?” he added.
Rep. Glenn Ivey, a Maryland Democrat and former prosecutor, said he was confident the committee would not let partisanship influence its work.
“The democratic process cannot be undermined by violence,” he said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Mills for comment for this article.
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