FBI report STeve Scalise shooting was suicide by cop

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awmakers reveal — and dispute – FBI conclusion about 2017 baseball field shooting
Rep. Wenstrup says the FBI privately told members the shooting was a 'suicide by cop' incident
By KYLE CHENEY and MARTIN MATISHAK
04/21/2021 12:05 PM EDT

A congressman who was on the baseball field during the 2017 shooting that nearly killed GOP Whip Steve Scalise says the FBI privately informed lawmakers it ruled the attack a "suicide by cop," a designation he said downplayed the shooter's apparently political motivation.

Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) revealed the previously undisclosed determination during a hearing of the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, upbraiding FBI Director Christopher Wray and prompting several colleagues of both parties to pile on. He said FBI agents privately briefed the baseball team on Nov. 16, 2017 to deliver the controversial determination.

“Much to our shock that day, the FBI concluded that this was a case of the attacker seeking suicide by cop,” Wenstrup said. “Director, you want suicide by cop, you just pull a gun on a cop. It doesn't take 136 rounds. It takes one bullet. Both the DHS and the (Office of the Director of National Intelligence) published products labeling this attack as a domestic violent extremism event, specifically targeting Republican members of Congress. The FBI did not.”

Wray did not directly address Wenstrup’s criticism, other than to confirm he was not the FBI director at the time — a role held in June 2017 by Andrew McCabe — but said he was grateful to Capitol Police and to Wenstrup, a doctor, who used his skills that day to triage injured lawmakers and others who joined them.

The FBI never publicly disclosed its final conclusions about the June 14, 2017, shooting. In an interim update just a week later, investigators said the gunman had made numerous social media posts supporting left-wing causes and backing candidates like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), but the bureau also noted that it found no evidence of threats to GOP lawmakers or the baseball team on the gunman's devices. Wenstrup's comments are the first public references that the FBI concluded the shooting was a "suicide by cop." Politico


Whadda disgusting agency.
 
The attack was definitely violent domestic terrorism, motivated by fanatical political beliefs, whether James Hodgkinson went into it planning to die, himself or not.
 
It definitely appeared to be politically motivated domestic terrorism to me...???

Why go so far....all the way to DC... for suicide by cop?

I'd like to see the FBI Report to verify that was even their final conclusion....
 
tyroneweaver

are you surprised Andrew McCabe the disgraced former acting director did this? the obamagate gang was active and didn’t want the leftist insurrectionist motives to steal the thunder from their attempts to undermine the new admin
 

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