Bryan Malinowski, the former executive director at the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, was shot and killed when federal agents were serving a search warrant at his Little Rock, Arkansas home. ( Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport)
"The Department of Justice confirmed to us last night that the ATF agents involved in the execution of a search warrant of the home of Bryan Malinowski weren’t wearing body cameras," Cotton and Boozman said in a joint statement. "We will continue to press the Department to explain how this violation of its own policy could’ve happened and to disclose the full circumstances of this tragedy."
"Mr. Malinowski’s family and the public have a right to a full accounting of the facts," the Republican lawmakers added.
Bud Cummins, the attorney for the Malinowski family, noted that the ATF adopted a policy in 2022 that requires the use of body cameras during the execution of search warrants.
"This policy provides parameters for the use of BWCs [body-worn cameras] by TFOs [task force officers] to the extent that a state or local law enforcement agency requires their use by its officers during federal task force operations," states a Department of Justice memo dated June 2, 2022.
Cummins said the policy was created in response to the shooting of Breonna Taylor, the Louisville, Kentucky EMT worker who was killed as officers attempted to execute a search warrant.
"It is astounding for ATF to now claim they simply ignored this clear policy. It obviously raises more questions than it answers," Cummins told Fox News Digital.
Images taken by an undercover ATF agent of Bryan Malinowski selling firearms at a gun show in Arkansas (Justice Department)
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Malinowski purchased the firearms legally and allegedly checked a box on purchase forms that indicated the firearms were for him. However, he allegedly resold the weapons at gun shows where he acted as a vendor.
"At worst, Bryan Malinowski, a gun owner and gun enthusiast, stood accused of making private firearm sales to a person who may not have been legally entitled to purchase the guns," Malinowski's family said days after he died.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the ATF and Justice Department.
Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
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