Key Takeaways
- FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress that he wasn’t sure if Trump was hit by a bullet during an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, according to Trump.
- The shooting took place on July 13 at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump suffered a gunshot wound to his right ear.
- US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned from her leadership role following criticism of the agency for not preventing the assassination attempt.
Washington: FBI Director Christopher Wray told Wednesday’s US House Judiciary Committee hearing that he was not sure if ex-US President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was hit by a bullet during an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, Trump has said on Truth Social.
On Wednesday, Wray attended a US House Judiciary Committee hearing to discuss the July 13 assassination attempt against Trump. When asked by a lawmaker whether the FBI director noticed any signs of cognitive decline by incumbent US President Joe Biden during recent talks, Wray said he did not observe any such decline.
“FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress yesterday that he wasn’t sure if I was hit by shrapnel, glass, or a bullet (the FBI never even checked!), but he was sure that Crooked Joe Biden was physically and cognitively ‘uneventful,'” Trump said on Thursday.
The ex-president said this is the reason why the FBI director “knows nothing about the terrorists and other criminals pouring into our Country at record levels,” adding that Wray’s only focus is on “destroying J6 Patriots,” raiding Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, and saving “Radical Left Lunatics.”
Trump added that a hospital called his injury “a bullet wound to the ear,” saying that there was no glass or shrapnel.
“No wonder the once storied FBI has lost the confidence of America,” the presidential nominee said.
The shooting took place on July 13 at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump suffered a gunshot wound to his right ear and was briefly hospitalized. Thomas Crooks, 20, killed a member of the audience and injured two others in the crowd before the Secret Service neutralized him.
The FBI is still actively investigating the assassination attempt, Wray said on Wednesday.
The incident prompted US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign from her leadership role following criticism of the agency for not preventing the assassination attempt.
