FBI confirms bullet hit Trump's ear during assassination attempt
Kyiv • UNN
The FBI said that a whole or fragmented bullet hit Donald Trump's ear during the assassination attempt. This explanation clarified conflicting accounts of the cause of the presidential candidate's injury.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that a whole or fragmented bullet hit presidential candidate Donald Trump's ear, clearing up conflicting accounts of what caused the injury. This was reported by AP with reference to the agency's statement, UNN reports.
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“Former President Trump's ear was struck by a bullet, either whole or broken into small pieces, fired from the deceased's rifle,” the FBI said.
The journalists noted that this one-sentence statement was “the most comprehensive explanation by law enforcement of Trump's injury” and followed “controversial comments by Director Christopher Wray earlier in the week that cast doubt on whether Trump was hit by a bullet.