Task force requests documents from local law enforcement on Trump assassination attempt
The task force led by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th, a Butler native, has sent out letters to six local agencies requesting documentation related to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show grounds on July 13.
The Butler County Sheriff’s Department, Butler Township Police Department, Butler County and Beaver County Emergency Services Units, and both the Butler County Coroner’s Office and the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner have all received letters from the congressional task force, dated Sept. 3. All six agencies have been asked to turn over all documentation related to the Trump rally and the perpetrator.
The task force also has requested that all four police agencies be available for transcribed interviews no later than Sept. 30.
“We will comply fully with the task force and their requests,” said Butler County Sheriff Mike Slupe. “There are some documents that we’re running through the right-to-know people in the county, and then they were just looking for some testimony from some deputies who were on-site that day.”
The two coroner’s offices have been asked to turn over the coroner’s report, autopsy report and toxicology report for the shooter, Thomas Michael Crooks, who was shot and killed by a Secret Service counter-sniper shortly after firing at the former president.
In addition to leading the task force investigating the logistical holes, which allowed the assassination attempt to happen, Kelly was present at the July 13 rally, along with several members of his family.
Among the agencies called upon to hand over information regarding the shooting are the Emergency Services Units from both Butler and Beaver counties, who were present and provided support in the emergency response on the day of the assassination attempt.
Both units are comprised of volunteers from multiple police departments across their respective counties and were created to respond to incidents which are beyond the scope of regular police work.
Last month, Kelly’s task force requested documentation from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service. Both agencies also are conducting their own investigations into how the assassination attempt could have taken place.
