Pressure is building on Trump over the unanswered questions about the Butler assassination attempt, and the suspicion is that the investigation was buried for political reasons.

• The choice of Howard Lutnick to run the transition is being framed as a sign that pro-Israel donors took over the Republican party.
• The timing matters: if Lutnick was picked after the Butler shooting, that links the shooting to the shift in power.
• There has never been a full investigation into the shooting, and Trump himself shut down what there was.
• The FBI has not said who the shooter was with at the gun range or who he talked to for two hours beforehand.
• The conclusion drawn is blunt: the silence means something is being hidden.

Outlook: Expect more public pressure for the FBI to release the Butler files, with little sign the administration will do it.