2024-07-31 05:07:54
The law enforcement officer assigned to guard the rooftop where shots were fired at former President Donald Trump left his post shortly before the assassination attempt because of the heat, Fox News reported, citing Republican Senator Josh Hawley.
A new analysis of the trajectory of a bullet fired at Donald Trump’s July 13 campaign rally contradicts the FBI’s “shrapnel” claims. The first of eight bullets fired by gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks likely struck the Republican nominee in the ear, according to a New York Times report.
The newspaper’s analysis of video, audio and photographic evidence suggests the shooter’s first shot grazed Trump’s ear. Overall, analysts say at least three shots would have narrowly missed seriously injuring the former president.
Trump, who was photographed bleeding from the right side of his head minutes after the assassination attempt that killed one of his supporters and seriously injured two others, said he was hit by a bullet, but investigators have suggested it may have been debris.
FBI Director Christopher Wray told a House hearing there was doubt whether Trump was hit in the ear by a bullet or shrapnel.
Trump’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment. However, the director’s statement drew a furious response from Trump himself, who criticized Wray on his social media platform, Truth Social.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, told NBC News that evidence shows the bullet went through Trump’s ear and noted that Wray has trust issues.
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