The FBI contacted Americans for Tax Reform as part of its investigation of last week’s congressional baseball practice, according to a report Wednesday.
The conservative anti-tax group’s president, Grover Norquist, announced during a private meeting that the FBI reached out to Americans for Tax Reform.
A source who attended the meeting told Politico that Norquist revealed both he and Americans for Tax Reform were mentioned in either physical or electronic files found in the possession of the attacker, James Hodgkinson, who died following a shootout with police.
Americans for Tax Reform is unlikely to be a central focus of the investigation, Politico reported, but the group’s members have been told to reach out to the FBI with any information about Hodgkinson, including whether he contacted anyone from the organization.
The FBI announced Wednesday that Hodgkinson acted alone in carrying out the baseball practice shooting in Alexandria, Va., and that he was not connected to any terrorist group.
Hodgkinson shot four people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., who remains in the hospital and was upgraded to fair condition on Wednesday.
The FBI found a note on Hodgkinson’s body that contained the names of six members of Congress, which was reported as a possible assassination list, though no additional context was included on the paper. A search of his web history revealed a strong opposition to the Republican Party.
