Former President Donald Trump and his allies are vehemently disputing FBI Director Christopher Wray’s recent suggestion that Trump’s ear injury during a July 13 assassination attempt in Pennsylvania may have been caused by shrapnel or glass rather than a bullet. The controversy erupted after Wray testified that there was ‘some question’ about whether Trump’s ear was hit by a bullet or other debris.Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to rebuke Wray’s statement, asserting, ‘The bullet hit my ear, and hit it hard.’ He claimed that the hospital diagnosed it as a ‘bullet wound to the ear’. Trump’s campaign spokesperson, Jason Miller, dismissed any alternative explanations as ‘conspiracy bullshit’.Adding weight to Trump’s claim, his former White House physician, Dr. Ronny Jackson, now a Republican congressman from Texas, released a statement backing the gunshot wound diagnosis. Jackson, who claims to have treated many gunshot wounds in his 20-year career as an emergency medicine doctor, stated, ‘There is absolutely no evidence that it was anything other than a bullet’. He criticized Wray’s comments as ‘wrong and inappropriate’.The New York Times conducted its own analysis of available video and audio recordings, concluding that the evidence suggests Trump was ‘grazed by the first of eight bullets’. This incident has become a central narrative in Trump’s presidential campaign, with the former president often mentioning his ‘brush with death’ in speeches, claiming he ‘took a bullet for democracy’.The FBI is continuing its investigation into the incident and plans to interview Trump as part of the process. Trump has promised to fire Wray if he wins a second term, highlighting the political tensions surrounding this incident.As the controversy unfolds, it underscores the heightened political climate surrounding Trump and the ongoing investigations related to him. The differing accounts from Trump’s camp and the FBI Director have sparked debate and raised questions about the nature of the evidence being examined in the investigation.
Key points
- Former President Trump and his allies dispute FBI Director Wray’s suggestion that Trump’s ear injury might not have been caused by a bullet.
- Trump’s former physician, Dr.
- The incident has become a central narrative in Trump’s presidential campaign.
- The FBI is continuing its investigation and plans to interview Trump.
Ronny Jackson, released a statement confirming the injury was a gunshot wound.
Contradictionsđź‘ľFBI Director Christopher Wray suggested the injury could have been caused by shrapnel or glass, while Trump and his doctor insist it was a bullet wound.
