House Report Slams FBI for Mishandling 2017 Congressional Baseball Shooting, Ignoring Anti-GOP Motives

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Updated May 6, 2025, 09:16 PM

The House Intelligence Committee, along with the Judiciary Committee and the Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, has released a report criticizing the FBI's handling of the investigation into the 2017 Congressional baseball practice shooting. The report claims the FBI initially mischaracterized the incident as 'suicide by cop' rather than acknowledging it as an act of domestic terrorism, taking four years to change its stance.

The shooting, carried out by James Hodgkinson, wounded six people, including then-Representative Steve Scalise, who was shot in the hip. The report highlights that the FBI's conclusion was based on 'falsehoods, half-truths, and manipulations of the known facts,' and accuses the bureau of downplaying the shooter's anti-GOP motives despite evidence such as a handwritten list of Republican targets found on Hodgkinson.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise expressed his offense at the FBI's initial determination, stating that the shooting was clearly politically motivated. The report also notes that the FBI failed to conduct substantive interviews with all victims and eyewitnesses, did not develop a comprehensive timeline of events, and only changed its course after investigating January 6 protesters.

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John R Lott Jr.

@JohnRLottJr

The House Intelligence Committee and Intelligence Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation finds the FBI failed to properly investigate the 2017 congressional baseball shooting. The FBI downplayed the gunman’s anti-GOP motives despite having solid handwritten evidence. @FBI https://t.co/VdXeGnVb3A

Benny Johnson

@bennyjohnson

🚨Rep. Greg Steube Reveals The FBI Is Covering Up The Assassins Who Attempted to Kill President Trump And A Large Number of Republicans, "I've Never Even Seen That Photo.": "It has taken us 8 years to get this report... if it weren't for Kash Patel. The FBI quelled this..." https://t.co/9Jl5Z1SzzD

Congressman Greg Steube

@RepGregSteube

🚨The House Intel report exposes how the Deep State covered up the 2017 Congressional Baseball shooting. The shooter was a radical left-wing TERRORIST—yet the FBI buried key facts from the American people. I joined @BennyJohnson to break it all down.👇🏻 https://t.co/5Rk694SJJI