Doubtless you’ll remember the awful shooting at a practice for the 2017 Congressional Baseball Game for Charity where 66-year-old James Hodgkinson first confirmed that Republicans were playing, then unleashed over 60 rounds from his  SKS 7.62mm rifle. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) was severely injured and spent months in recovery, while four other victims were also hit. It could have been much worse without the heroics of Capitol and Alexandria Police, who took out Hodgkinson after a 10-minute shootout.

It was a clear act of political violence perpetrated by a madman who hated Republicans, which is why it wasn’t an even bigger news story. If the shooter had been a white supremacist MAGA lover spraying bullets at Democrats, we’d see wall-to-wall coverage every time the month of June and the anniversary of the shooting rolled around.

WATCH: Video shows House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise taken away on stretcher and into helicopter following shooting at Virginia park. pic.twitter.com/naKRc3eoXK

— Good Morning America (@GMA) June 14, 2017

Like so much of what occurs whenever our federal justice system gets involved, there’s been much secrecy and unanswered questions about what happened. FBI Director Kash Patel is making moves to change that:

BREAKING: I can report that as of 30 minutes ago, the FBI has provided the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence all requested documents related to the Congressional Baseball Game shooting in 2017.

These are documents sought by Capitol Hill officials for almost 8…

— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) March 26, 2025

These are documents sought by Capitol Hill officials for almost 8 years. Providing these documents was one of our top priorities in delivering a new FBI era of transparency. 

Thank you to the committee and Chairman @RepRickCrawford for your partnership in getting Americans the truth.

Why did it take years? It’s time for a profound culture shift at the DOJ, and Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi are just the folks to bring it, as they're continually proving.

House Intelligence Committee Republicans applauded Patel and the FBI for actually being transparent, something we’re not used to seeing out of these organizations:

BREAKING: Before the hearing gaveled out, @FBIDirectorKash already had the Congressional baseball report delivered to @HouseIntel. What took previous @FBI leadership nearly 8 years, took new @FBI leadership 2 hours. The Committee is encouraged by the transparency demonstrated. https://t.co/dKWW7ZsWz7 pic.twitter.com/yvGr450dlg

— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntel) March 26, 2025

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There are still many who contend that we don’t know everything about what really happened that day. In 2021, for instance, Scalise and more than a dozen other House Republicans demanded the FBI review its conclusion to classify the event as “suicide by cop” when it should have been investigated as a clear example of “domestic extremism,” considering the assailant was obviously politically motivated. In May 2021, the FBI did in fact update its classification and acknowledged the incident as an act of "domestic terrorism." But why did that happen four years after the fact?

Others feel that information about the motivation, planning and history of the shooter may have been buried.

Maybe there’s new information, maybe there’s not—but the justice system in this country has become far too quick to simply say “that’s classified” about major investigations and then stonewall Congress and the public. Bondi and Patel are showing that it’s time to serve the American people, not treat us as their adversaries.