Trump Acknowledges FBI Clarification After Bullet Injury Rumor, Supporters Express Disappointment Over Incident Trivialization

Trump Accepts ‘Apology’ After FBI Quashes Bullet Injury Rumor

Recently, former U.S. President Donald Trump responded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s statement denying rumors that he was hit by a bullet during an attempted assassination at a Pennsylvania rally earlier this month. “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 bureau clarified in a statement.

“I assume that’s the best apology that we’ll get from Director Wray, but it is fully accepted!” Trump posted on his social media, Truth Social. The statement served to dispel doubts that some law enforcement officials, including FBI Director Wray, had raised over whether the former president was hit with a bullet during the attack, which resulted in an injury to his ear.

Outcry from Supporters

Trump’s supporters expressed their disappointment over what they considered a trivialization of the former president’s incident. “There are just no words to describe how disappointed I am in my country. I can’t believe I live in a country where the FBI director pushed a conspiracy theory that President Trump wasn’t hit with a bullet. We are surrounded by demons,” posted far-right activist Laura Loomer.

In addition, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized Wray for playing into what she considered conspiracy theories suggesting it was a piece of glass or fragment, rather than a bullet, that injured Trump.

Details of the Incident

In an interview following the shooting, Trump stated that a bullet had grazed his ear, taking out a part of it. “The doctor at the hospital said he never saw anything like this, he called it a miracle,” he said. “I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead.” Trump’s physician, Ronny Jackson, supported this, stating that there was no evidence suggesting the cause of the injury was anything but a bullet.

Following Wray’s testimony and the subsequent backlash, the FBI has sought to interview Trump as part of its investigation into the assassination attempt. The agency has previously made it clear it has always considered the shooting an attempted assassination of the former President.

Unveiling Details of the Attack

During his testimony, Wray revealed new information about the attack on Trump by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. Crooks searched details of the John F. Kennedy shooting from his laptop and flew a drone in the rally’s vicinity before the former president took the stage. Crooks was shot and killed by Secret Service agents after the shooting occurred.

Following the incident, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle stepped down from her position. Speaking to Congress, Cheatle labeled the assassination attempt against Trump as “the most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades.”