The FBI has confirmed that former President Trump was struck in the ear by a bullet in an assassination attempt after the agency’s director, Christopher Wray, questioned what hit his ear earlier this week.
“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 agency said in an emailed statement sent to The Hill Friday.
Trump faced an assassination attempt earlier this month in which he said that he was hit by a bullet in one of his ears. He was seen sporting a bandage in the wake of the shooting in multiple instances.
The former president insisted Thursday that it was a bullet that struck one of his ears following FBI Director Christopher Wray‘s testimony in front of Congress Wednesday, during which he said, “There’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that, you know, hit his ear.”
“No, it was, unfortunately, a bullet that hit my ear, and hit it hard. There was no glass, there was no shrapnel,” Trump said on Truth Social. “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!”
Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), a former White House physician who said he treated the former president following the incident, disputed Wray’s questioning of what hit Trump’s ear.
“During the Congressional Hearing two days ago, FBI Director Christopher Wray suggested that it could be a bullet, shrapnel, or glass,” Jackson said in a letter posted Friday to Truth Social.
“There is absolutely no evidence that it was anything other than a bullet. Congress should correct the record as confirmed by both the hospital and myself. Director Wray is wrong and inappropriate to suggest anything else,” he added.