DONALD TRUMP
Former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents as he is helped off the stage in Butler, Pa., on July 13.Gene J. Puskar / AP file
The FBI said Friday that a bullet or fragments of it struck Donald Trump's ear during an assassination attempt on the former president this month at a campaign rally.
“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 said in a statement.
The statement comes two days after FBI Director Christopher Wray, whom Trump nominated to his post in 2017, told House lawmakersthat "there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that, you know, hit his ear."
Wray had testified about the FBI's ongoing probe into the assassination attempt. A gunman identified as Thomas Crooks, 20, was shot and killed after opening fire from an elevated post not far from Trump's July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that left one spectator dead and two others critically injured.
FBI confirms that a bullet struck Trump's ear during assassination attempt
In congressional testimony this week, FBI Director Christopher Wray had said "there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel" that hit the former president.Former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents as he is helped off the stage in Butler, Pa., on July 13.Gene J. Puskar / AP file
- July 26, 2024, 7:39 PM EDT / Updated July 26, 2024, 8:16 PM EDT
The FBI said Friday that a bullet or fragments of it struck Donald Trump's ear during an assassination attempt on the former president this month at a campaign rally.
“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 said in a statement.
The statement comes two days after FBI Director Christopher Wray, whom Trump nominated to his post in 2017, told House lawmakersthat "there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that, you know, hit his ear."
Wray had testified about the FBI's ongoing probe into the assassination attempt. A gunman identified as Thomas Crooks, 20, was shot and killed after opening fire from an elevated post not far from Trump's July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that left one spectator dead and two others critically injured.
FBI says bullet struck Trump's ear during assassination attempt
The FBI provided an update in its probe of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump saying a bullet struck his ear.
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