Mike Johnson vows accountability for Trump assassination attempt

House Speaker Mike Johnson promised Tuesday night to get accountability for the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, including by holding hearings in Congress on the matter next week.

The former president was wounded in his right ear during a shooting at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, which also resulted in the death of one attendee and the suspected shooter. Two other civilians in the audience were critically wounded. 

"The American people deserve to know the truth and we will ensure accountability.  I promise you that," Johnson said at the Republican convention. "This has always been an important principle to us. We in the Republican Party, are the law and order team. We always have been and we always will be the advocates for the rule of law. And we all know that that principle is as well as many others is in serious jeopardy today."

The comment comes as the United States Secret Service faces increased scrutiny over a failure to prevent the assassination attempt. The House Oversight and Homeland Security Committees have scheduled hearings on the attempted Trump assassination next week, where Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is expected to testify.

Johnson also said the country is no longer in a battle between two parties, and is instead in a fight "between two completely different visions of who we are as Americans and what our country will be."

"The Republican Party stands for the foundational truths that made America the greatest nation in the history of the world. We are the most free, the most powerful and the most benevolent nation that has ever been. It's not even close," the speaker said. 

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has also called for accountability, and said members of Congress are still waiting for answers to "basic questions" about the security resources and technology that had been available at the rally, which he claimed the public deserved to know about. 

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.