Rep. Steube criticizes Congress's slow pace getting answers on attempted Trump assassination

"Why don't we know the names of the people there?" Steube asked. "Why haven't the officers that were on the ground that day been deposed under oath and asked them very tough questions?"

Published: August 30, 2024 6:38pm

Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., slammed Congress's slow pace in getting more answers on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

"There's been a task force that's been appointed, but you haven't heard much from that task force, and we haven't been in Washington for them to have meetings," Steube said on the Friday edition of the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. 

The House of Representatives established a task force to investigate the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, last month. The task force consists of seven Republican and six Democratic members.

Steube said bits and pieces of information are coming out about the attempted assassination, but nothing major. 

"Why don't we know the names of the people there?" he asked. "Why haven't the officers that were on the ground that day been deposed under oath and asked them very tough questions?"

Steube added that the wait time is frustrating because this is something the American people need answers on. 

"This is what's frustrating as a member of Congress when you see clear failures of our federal government and we're not doing the things that we need to do to bring the information to the American people," he said. "Every single American wants to know what happened in Butler, Pennsylvania, and we don't know."

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