Hodgkinson proclaimed left-wing ideology and opposition to President Trump before the shooting. He traveled from Illinois to open fire with a rifle at the ball field in Alexandria, Virginia, where Republican lawmakers were practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game.
Hodgkinson engaged in a 10-minute shootout with U.S. Capitol Police and Alexandria Police Department officers before he was fatally shot.
The committee noted that an FBI press release at the time withheld information from the public that would have undermined the agency’s “suicide by cop” narrative.