have doubts, that US presidential candidate Donald Trump was wounded by a bullet during the assassination attempt, released by the shooter. can not be excluded, that his ear was damaged by shrapnel.
This was stated by the director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. (FBR) Christopher Wray to members of the Judiciary Committee of the US House of Representatives.
Regarding former President Trump, there is some question about that, what hit him in the ear - a bullet or shrapnel- Ray said in response to a question from Commission Chairman Jim Jordan about, did the FBI account for all the bullets?, fired by the shooter.
The head of the department suggested, the bullet, touching Trump's skin at a rally in Pennsylvania, could have gone somewhere else. The thing is, that one of the shots damaged the teleprompter screen, from which fragments flew off.
Ray also noted, that weapons, which Thomas Matthew Crooks used to shoot Trump, his father bought it in 2013 year, and ten years later in 2023 he sold it to his son. Previously journalist for Newsmax, citing a law enforcement source, that the former US President was injured by a piece of teleprompter, which the shooter hit. Shortly after this, a reporter for The New York Times published a photograph of a bullet flying near Trump's ear..
The authenticity of the footage was confirmed by retired FBI special agent Michael Harrigan..
Here, certainly, reflected bullet trail in the air- he said.
In his opinion, the direction of the shot indicates, that this bullet could not have been the reason for the politician’s injury, but Crooks didn’t shoot the only time.