House Intelligence finds FBI ‘failed’ in its investigation of 2017 congressional baseball shooting

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A new report from the House Intelligence Committee found that the FBI “completely mishandled” its investigation into the 2017 shooting at a congressional baseball game practice in Washington, D.C.

The 27-page report, released Tuesday, is the culmination of an oversight investigation into the attack in which four people were shot, including two Capitol police officers and now-Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA). The report criticizes the FBI’s handling of the investigation, as the agency initially characterized the event as a “suicide by cop,” before admitting years later it was a domestic terrorism incident.

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