GOP nominee Donald Trump has responded to a statement from the FBI walking back Director Christopher Wray’s remarks during a House hearing this week that the former president’s ear wound during this month’s unsuccessful assassination attempt was likely from glass shrapnel and not a bullet.
The bureau did not actually issue an apology to Trump following FBI Director Christopher Wray’s casting of doubts regarding whether the former president was shot by a bullet or shrapnel. But in its statement, the FBI admitted that Trump was shot by a bullet, marking a significant reversal from Wray’s testimony before Congress. Trump took that as an “apology.”
“With respect to former President Donald Trump, there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,” Wray had said.
During a speech at Turning Point USA’s Believers’ Summit in West Palm Beach on Friday, Trump talked about how an immigration chart he had looked at potentially “saved” his life, and mentioned that the FBI had raised doubts about whether he had actually been shot by a bullet.
“Did you see the FBI today apologized,” Trump continued referring to the FBI’s statement. “They said, ‘Well, it might’ve been a bullet, but it might’ve been glass.’ So, really, where did the glass come from? ‘Or, it might’ve been shrapnel,’ where did the shrapnel come from?”
“They then said there was a bullet,” Trump added. “It just never ends with these people. They raid Mar-a-Lago, they do things so bad, so bad. Our country is so sick. But they apologized. We accept their apology.”
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“We accept their apology!” — President Trump on ludicrous claims from FBI Director that he may not have been shot in Butler, PA pic.twitter.com/EcvZeQdhIz
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) July 27, 2024
After Wray’s remarks, Newsweek published an article that had previously been titled, “Donald Trump Might Not Have Been Shot After All,” suggesting that the former president had only been struck by part of a bullet.
The FBI later issued a statement confirming that Trump had been struck by a bullet, “whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces.”
“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,” the FBI confirmed to Breitbart News.
