On Friday, Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump Chairman Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Ranking Member Jason Crow (D-CO) sent two letters requesting documents and information related to the assassination attempt in West Palm Beach, Florida on September 15, 2024.
Both letters request “all records in the possession, custody, or control” of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the United States Secret Service (USSS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to date, related to the September 15 event no later than October 11, 2024.
In the letter to the DOJ and FBI, the Task Force specifically requested:
- All communications, including emails, texts messages, and phone logs referring or related to the events on September 15.
- Copies of all financial analyses being conducted by the FBI in connection with Ryan Wesley Routh and the September 15 event.
- All intelligence related to threats to former President Donald J. Trump that were considered active, ongoing, or unresolved on September 15, 2024, regardless of whether such threats were specific to Ryan Wesley Routh or the September 15 event, and regardless of when such threats originated.
In the letter to DHS and USSS, the Task Force requested:
- Any written policies or procedures, including the establishment of security perimeter(s), and the allocation of responsibility between USSS and state and local law enforcement partners with respect to those perimeter(s); and any documents or materials reflecting enhancements or changes to policies or procedures as a result of the September 15 event.
- Any communications, including emails, text messages, phone logs, or communications from other messaging services related to USSS’s intelligence advance process in connection with former President Trump’s schedule on September 15.
- Information referring or related to the USSS’s intelligence advance process, along with any written security plan for September 15, including but not limited to securing the perimeter of the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
- Information regarding the protective methodology used for a protectee on a golf course, among other information.
The Task Force letter to the DOJ and FBI also notes “the Department of Justice’s October 2, 2024, motion to designate the matter of United States of America v. Ryan Wesley Routh as a complex case and indefinitely delay trial does not constitute a basis to delay production of the requested documents and interviews identified herein or in any other correspondence from the Task Force.”
Read the letter to the Department of Justice and FBI here.
Read the letter to the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Secret Service here.
