Freedom Caucus calls for blocking Bennie Thompson from Trump shooting task force

The House Freedom Caucus urged House leadership to keep Homeland Security Committee ranking member Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) off the forthcoming task force to investigate the assassination attempt on former President Trump over a bill he introduced that would have threatened Trump's Secret Service protection.

In the official position released Wednesday, the hardline conservative group also said Thompson should lose his status as ranking member on the panel.

The Freedom Caucus...