Representative Clay Higgins’ New Iberia Town Hall hit all the topics you would expect from one of the most vocally conservative politicians in Washington.

From Rep. Higgins’ role in the task force investigating the attempted assassination of Former President Donald Trump to his thoughts on the state of the country and the legislature, attendees spent over three hours picking the brain of the Republican Representative for Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District.

The topic on everyone’s minds was the assassination attempt and the recently released Preliminary Investigative Report. According to Rep. Higgins, there were several oddities surrounding the event, from the decision to release the shooter’s body for cremation ten days after his death to tactical failures on the part of the United States Secret Service.

Rep. Higgins, one of seven Republicans on the task force, also spoke on his appointment and the pushback it received.

“I don’t know the details, but I heard echoes of the grumbling from my colleagues that did not want a guy like me on the task force,” Rep. Higgins said. “They felt like I would be perhaps too aggressive in investigating things. If you take a look at my Preliminary Investigative Report, some of it was quite revealing and that’s the kind of product that America deserves.”

The six-page report goes into details regarding several decisions made by the FBI following the incident that Rep. Higgins’ claims were made to everyone’s surprise. From the report:

– The FBI released all First Responders that evening, much to everyone’s surprise. I interviewed several… EMS, cops, etc.

– The FBI released the crime scene after just 3 days, much to everyone’s surprise. I interviewed several First Responders who expressed everything from surprise to dismay to suspicion regarding the fact that the FBI released the crime scene so early after J13. It should be noted that the FBI was fully aware of the fact that Congress would be investigating J13. The FBI does not exist in a vacuum. They had to know that releasing the J13 crime scene would injure the immediate observations of any following investigation.

– The FBI cleaned up biological evidence from the crime scene, which is unheard of. Cops don’t do that, ever.

Another anomaly, according to Rep. Higgins, was the quick release of the shooter’s body to his family for cremation. According to the report, Rep. Higgins attempted to examine Crooks’ body on Monday, Aug. 5, only to discover that the body was released on July 23. Despite his inability to verify the numerous postmortem examinations with his own observations, Rep. Higgins still believes that the final report will be completed accurately.

“You’re going to have a comprehensive investigative report and I’m going to play a large part in writing it,” Rep. Higgins said. “It’s also true that I can never objectively say that I have examined the body myself and that the autopsy report and the two coroner’s reports and pictures reflect what I observed with my own eyes.”

Read Rep. Higgins’ full report here.

Another hot topic for Rep. Higgins was the Social Security Fairness Act that is once again advancing its way through congress. The SSFA aims to eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) from the Social Security Act, which causes retirees receiving Social Security benefits to have their monthly income reduced if they receive funds through a public-service pension.

Currently, the Social Security Fairness Act has 319 co-sponsors and is the second-most co-sponsored piece of legislation in the House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. A comparable bill in the Senate has over 50 co-sponsors.