The questions left by the FBI about what caused the bleeding in the ear of the Republican candidate and former US president are gaining political implications. Donald Trump, with Trump himself attacking the FBI.
However, the former US president’s physician noted that there was no indication that anything other than a bullet caused the injury in the July 13 assassination attempt.
Ronnie Jackson, Trump’s doctor when he was president, posted today announcement a day after Trump criticized FBI Director Christopher Wray because he told a House Committee that it was unclear whether Trump was hit by a bullet or something else.
FBI: Unclear if Trump was hit by a bullet
Yesterday, in his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, the FBI director emphasized that It is unclear whether Trump was actually hit by a bullet or by bullet fragments. “With all due respect to former President Trump, there is some question as to whether it was a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,” Wray told committee chairman Jim Jordan.
A Trump campaign spokesman, Jason Miller, characterized “conspiracy” the version that Trump was not hit by a bullet.
According to a US official, the FBI is trying to obtain a statement from Trump in the FBI’s investigation into the attempted murder in order to obtain a victim impact statement – a standard part of the investigation because he is the victim of a crime.
Questions about Trump’s injury
The FBI said in a statement yesterday that investigators are continuing to examine bullet fragments and other evidence from the July 13 attack on Trump at his campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The FBI has made clear from the beginning that it was treating the incident as an assassination attempt on the former president.
Questions about Trump’s ear injury have sparked political backlash. Trump said he “took a bullet for democracy” and attacked Rey on Truth Social for his testimony.
“There was no glass, there was no shrapnel. The hospital called it a “gunshot wound to the ear” and that was it. No wonder the once-famous FBI has lost America’s trust!” Trump wrote.
“Anyone who believes this conspiracy hoax is either mentally retarded or deliberately peddling lies for political reasons,” Trump adviser Stephen Chung told CNN.
Trump has been criticized for not speaking publicly about his health since the assassination attempt, which left one rally attendee dead and others injured. He released a memo from former White House physician and current Republican congressman Ronny Jackson about his recovery from the shooting, but has not allowed the medical professionals who treated him to speak publicly about his condition.
With information from: Reuters, CNN, Guardian