The FBI used a “biased and butchered analysis” to conclude that a left-wing gunman who shot Rep. Steve Scalise and three others at a Republican baseball practice in 2017 wasn’t motivated by political hatred, according to a House Republican report released Tuesday.
The scathing report challenged the FBI’s initial findings that gunman James Hodgkinson, 66, who died in a shootout with law enforcement, had been trying to commit “suicide by cop.” It said the FBI had handwritten evidence from the gunman about his political motives, including the names of six Republican lawmakers and photographs he took while casing the ball field, but didn’t fully disclose all the details at the time.
The gunman shot Mr. Scalise, Louisiana Republican, who was then House majority whip. Mr. Scalise nearly died, and three others were also wounded.
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