The House task force on the attempted assassination of former President Trump detailed flaws in the planning and security surrounding Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler, Pa., in an interim staff report released Monday.

Lack of adequate planning, a narrow field of vision for local snipers, the absence of a unified command post and fragmented communication were among the main findings in the 53-page report that examined how 20-year-old shooter Matthew Crooks was able to climb atop a building with a line of sight to Trump and fire at him.

“Put simply, the evidence obtained by the Task Force to date shows the tragic and shocking events of July 13 were preventable and should not have happened,” the report said.

Crooks’s bullet came within inches of killing the former president and injured his ear. Shots also killed........

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