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The FBI issued a statement declaring former President Donald Trump was struck by a bullet and not glass or other shrapnel almost two weeks ago when a gunman fired on him at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
The clarification came two days day after FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress there was a possibility that Trump had been nicked in the ear by something other than a would-be killer’s bullet.
Fox News anchor Bret Baier shared the statement on his X (formerly Twitter) page Friday afternoon.
The bureau said, “What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subject’s rifle.”
FBI Statement out this hour — attributable to the agency and not a specific person:
“What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subject’s rifle.”— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) July 26, 2024
As ABC News reported, Wray was speaking to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan when he raised the possibility that Trump could have been bloodied from the ear by something other than a bullet the FBI had said was fired by Thomas Matthew Crooks.
“I think with respect to former President Trump, there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,” Wray said. “It’s conceivable – although as I sit here right now I don’t know whether that bullet, in addition to causing the grazing could have also landed somewhere else.”
Wray’s comments prompted a response from Trump, who unleashed on the man he appointed to lead the FBI in a lengthy post from his Truth Social account. Trump wrote:
“FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress yesterday that he wasn’t sure if I was hit by shrapnel, glass, or a bullet (the FBI never even checked!), but he was sure that Crooked Joe Biden was physically and cognitively “uneventful” – Wrong! That’s why he knows nothing about the terrorists and other criminals pouring into our Country at record levels. His only focus is destroying J6 Patriots, Raiding Mar-a-Lago, and saving Radical Left Lunatics, like the ones now in D.C. burning American flags and spray painting over our great National Monuments – with zero retribution. No, it was, unfortunately, a bullet that hit my ear, and hit it hard. There was no glass, there was no shrapnel. The hospital called it a “bullet wound to the ear,” and that is what it was. No wonder the once storied FBI has lost the confidence of America!
The FBI’s Friday statement also elicited a response from Trump, who said he was owed an apology.
“I assume that’s the best apology that we’ll get from Director Wray, but it is fully accepted!” Trump wrote.
