FBI director casts doubt on whether Trump was struck by bullet during assassination attempt
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Christopher Ray questioned whether the bullet hit Trump's ear during the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. The FBI is investigating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism, and the attacker's motives remain unknown.
FBI Director Christopher Wray has casts doubt whether Donald Trump was hit by a bullet during an attempt on his life at a political rally in Pennsylvania, UNN reports citing the Daily Mail.
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Christopher Wray was briefing Congress on the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler on Wednesday when he made this statement.
"As far as former President Trump is concerned, there is some question as to whether he got a bullet or shrapnel in his ear," Ray said.
"I don't know now whether this bullet could have fallen somewhere else besides the place where it caused the injury," he said.
Some initial reports on the day of the shooting, as noted, suggested that Trump might have been struck by a piece of glass when a bullet hit the teleprompter. However, the teleprompter theory was disproven when photographs showed that both glass screens remained intact after the attack.
Trump listened to Ray's testimony, in which he also described in detail how Crooks had researched the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy before the shooting.
The FBI is investigating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism.
"We do not know the motives. Obviously, that's one of the central questions in our investigation, and it's very frustrating that many of the usual 'low-hanging fruit' places we find don't provide significant clues as to his motives," Wray said.
Ray said Crooks used mechanical equipment on the ground and vertical pipes to climb to the roof of a low-lying production building that was within 135 meters of the stage.
He fired eight shots from an AR-type rifle before being eliminated.
