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A person is removed by state police from the stands after guns were fired at Republican candidate Donald Trump at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. Rebecca Droke, AFP

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FBI confirms Trump hit by bullet in assassination attempt

Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17220413859551722041383143.jpeg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">A person is removed by state police from the stands after guns were fired at Republican candidate Donald Trump at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. <em>Rebecca Droke, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>WASHINGTON — Former US president Donald Trump was indeed hit by an assassin&#x27;s bullet or a fragment of one, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday, putting to rest questions over the nature of the Republican candidate&#x27;s wounding at a campaign rally this month.</p><p>&quot;What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subject&#x27;s rifle,&quot; the FBI said in a statement.</p><p>Trump&#x27;s right ear was covered in blood on July 13 after he was injured during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.</p><p>The FBI deemed the assault — in which a gunman fired eight bullets from outside the event&#x27;s security perimeter — an assassination attempt.</p><p>But FBI chief Christopher Wray told US lawmakers on Wednesday that there was some doubt as to &quot;whether or not it&#x27;s a bullet or shrapnel that, you know, that hit his ear.&quot;</p><p>Following the new statement from the FBI — which Trump has long alleged is part of a &quot;deep state&quot; conspiring against him — the Republican posted on his Truth Social platform: &quot;I assume that&#x27;s the best apology that we&#x27;ll get from Director Wray, but it is fully accepted!&quot;</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/7/26/trump-slams-rivals-as-he-meets-netanyahu-in-florida-356">READ:Trump slams rivals as he meets Netanyahu in Florida</a></div><p>Earlier Friday, he posted a letter from his former White House doctor saying the wound was almost certainly due to a bullet.</p><p>&quot;There is absolutely no evidence that it was anything other than a bullet,&quot; wrote Ronny Jackson, now a Republican congressman from Texas, on Truth Social.</p><p>Two rally attendees were seriously wounded in the attack, and a 50-year-old Pennsylvania firefighter was shot dead, according to officials. The gunman was killed by a US Secret Service sniper.</p><p>Since the shooting, Trump has made the attack a key part of his campaign pitch, telling a crowd in Michigan that he &quot;took a bullet for democracy.&quot;</p><p>At the Republican National Convention where he was anointed the party&#x27;s nominee for president, Trump said he had &quot;God on my side&quot; as he described the attack.</p><p>And at Trump rallies, many of the former president&#x27;s supporters have taken to wearing bandages on their right ears, a reference to the attack.</p><p>On Thursday, Trump had also denied Wray&#x27;s comments and accused him of political partisanship.</p><p>&quot;It was, unfortunately, a bullet that hit my ear, and hit it hard. There was no glass, there was no shrapnel,&quot; he said.</p><p>A New York Times investigation published Friday said &quot;a detailed analysis of bullet trajectories, footage, photos and audio... strongly suggests Mr Trump was grazed by the first of eight bullets fired by the gunman.&quot;</p><p>Trump&#x27;s campaign has not released any medical reports or statements from his current physician, instead quoting Jackson — a former White House physician who is a staunch political ally of the ex-president.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/40D3Ask5NoE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>"What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subject's rifle," the FBI said in a statement.</p>

"What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subject's rifle," the FBI said in a statement.