A report from a House panel has determined that the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania was "preventable," attributing it to significant security failures. The report indicates that "law enforcement officers at the federal, state, and local levels had multiple opportunities to engage with Thomas Matthew Crooks during several crucial moments.

Lawmakers pointed out that "as Crooks's behavior became increasingly suspicious, fragmented communication allowed him to evade law enforcement." The report emphasized that the evidence gathered by the Task Force indicates that the tragic events of July 13 could have been averted and should not have occurred, as reported by the Associated Press. 

However, the report does not provide many new details, as the deficiencies in the Secret Service's response have been highlighted in earlier investigations, including those conducted by an independent commission, an interim Senate report, and various congressional testimonies and media inquiries. Consistent with previous reports, the House findings do not identify any specific individuals responsible for the failures. 

The preliminary conclusions are based on extensive documentation, including thousands of pages of records, nearly twenty transcribed interviews with state and local officials, and a variety of classified and unclassified briefings from senior officials at the Secret Service and FBI. 

In a related matter, the task force has also begun investigating a second assassination attempt on Trump from last month, which involved an individual armed with a rifle who was discovered camping outside one of his golf courses in southern Florida.