Hill task force to visit site of Trump assassination attempt as Secret Service agents put on leave

A bipartisan congressional task force investigating the July 13 attempt on former President Donald Trump's life will on Monday visit the scene in Butler, Pennsylvania. 

The visit will be the second for some task force members looking into security lapses that almost cost the Republican nominee his life.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., announced the task force's establishment on Aug. 4, tapping Sen. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., to lead, Fox News reported.

"We have the utmost confidence in this bipartisan group of steady, highly qualified, and capable Members of Congress to move quickly to find the facts, ensure accountability, and help make certain such failures never happen again," Johnson and Jeffries said in a joint statement.

The task force's role is to "understand what went wrong on the day of the attempted assassination," "ensure accountability," and "prevent such agency failure from ever happening again," according to its website.

The visit comes days after at least five members of the U.S. Secret Service were placed on administrative leave after the assassination attempt.

The task force wants to hear from whistleblowers and tipsters to find out how the 20-year-old gunman carried out the assassination attempt without law enforcement intervening.

Task force members include Kelly and Reps. Mark Green, R-Tenn.; Laurel Lee, R-Fla.; Michael Waltz, R-Fla.; Clay Higgins, R-La.; Pat Fallon, R-Texas; Jason Crow, D-Colo.; J. Luis Correa, D-Calif.; Madeleine Dean, D-Pa.; Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa.; Glenn Ivey, D-Md.; and Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.