Trump Says Bullet, Not Shrapnel, Hit Ear During Rally Shooting

Published on July 26, 2024

Former President Donald Trump on Friday morning rebuffed claims that glass or shrapnel struck his ear during an attempted assassination earlier this month at a Pennsylvania rally. He was responding to a comment made by FBI Director Christopher Wray during a House hearing earlier this week in which the FBI director said he could not rule out that it was shrapnel and not a bullet that struck the former president’s ear. In a post on Truth Social, the former president was largely critical of the FBI director’s statements and rebuffed claims that it might not have been a bullet that struck his ear....