Posted on 07/24/2024 6:37:40 PM PDT by Libloather
The FBI's director has cast doubt on whether Donald Trump was struck by a bullet during the attempt on his life at a Pennsylvania political rally.
Christopher Wray was updating Congress on the assassination attempt on Trump in Butler on Wednesday when he made the explosive statement.
'There’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,' Wray said.
Wray was addressing security failures that allowed gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks to open fire. Crooks, 20, killed firefighter Corey Comperatore, 50, and injured two others including Trump during the shooting.
The presidential hopeful has since given extensive accounts of the moment he was shot and was seen sporting a bandage over his ear.
'When I went down, bullets were coming over my head and you hear them, it's like a zip, zip,' he said.
The former president claims his Secret Service detail 'thought it was over when I went down' because of 'a lot of blood coming' after his ear was grazed.
Trump, 78, argued with his agents, telling them how he was 'not going on a stretcher' and instead vowed to 'get up'.
He added that a last minute turn of the head to glance at a screen is what saved him from the bullet.
'I'm supposed to be dead. The most incredible thing was that I happened to not only turn, but to turn at the exact right time and in just the right amount,' he added, saying he survived 'by luck or by God'.
Some initial reports on the day of the shooting speculated that Trump may have been struck by a shattered piece of glass when a bullet struck the teleprompter.
The teleprompter theory, however, was debunked when photos showed that both glass screens were in tact after the attack.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Yup
Crooks or whoever could have actually been An asset. Of his.
The FBI is involved in instigating so many nefarious and highly suspect illicit and unnacountable activities there should be a Tactical special forces oversight organization formed with equal powers to weed out perps like the strange mr Wray and investigate bizarre events they are involved in
“....[Trump] has since given extensive accounts of the moment....”
Did he give a detailed account of it at the latest rally? During his convention speech he said he would tell what happened once and then that would be it. (Maybe he meant just for that night?)
The FBI is a useless criminal organization.
No teleprompter was hit no matter how many times Wray makes the claim. The idiot obviously saw that image of a reflection on the Internet. The FBI should have better information than social media postings.
The excellent photos and commentary at the link finally gave me a 360 degree understanding of what happened.
I could never figure out where the Secret Service snipers were shooting from.
Also, the aerial photo confirms something I suspected from the first day - at least two of the three civilians who were hit were directly in the line of fire to Trump.
The right edge of the bleacher seats on Trumps right side blocked Crooks sight line when the spectators were standing up. Crooks may - or may not - have mistakenly planned his line of fire based on empty bleachers.
Still unsolved - why did Crooks wait almost 8 minutes before taking his first shot?
My guess - he could not see Trump through the standing audience.
“The teleprompter theory, however, was debunked when photos showed that both glass screens were in tact after the attack”
Last line of the OOP>
Screw you Wray. More lying from the FIBs.
I experienced that once while rabbit hunting. We were in a wooded area when some idiot decided to take target practice in a field between our location and his back yard. Fool had no back stop and the bullets starting zipping over our heads. It was a weird noise I had never experienced before and we got the heck out of there real fast.
It's the Daily Mail.
Nuff said.
What part of that doesn't match the headline? Well, we are waiting....
Fixed it.
IF!!! wth????
Textbook definition of "gaslighting".
‘There’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,’ Wray said.
Wray is a HUGE LIAR!!
“Wow Wray trying to poo poo Trump’s injury.”
He gave us one tidbit from an incomplete investigation of the bullets fired. Yes, his selection of that tidbit could only be for the reason you give.
The article is cherry picking. Here is the complete statement:
‘With respect to former President Trump, there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,’ Wray said.
‘I don’t know right now whether that bullet, in addition to causing the grazing, could have landed somewhere else.’
Wray clearly states that Trump was grazed by “that bullet”. The question posed by Wray is where “that bullet” finally landed.
I’ve not read the part about not wanting to use a stretcher. If the SS insisted me thinks they planned on having it ready having prior knowledge that Trump would be killed.
I hate to be one of those “hypocrisy” and “if it were Republicans it would be different” kind of guys because it ignores the fact that the left is completely consistent...They will do or say anything to attain and keep power. They are unwavering in their use of this MO.
But here goes anyway.....
If the shoes were on the other feet, ANYONE suggesting Trump wasn’t hit by a bullet would be constantly excoriated in the media. Even people who never said such a thing would be asked if they “disavowed” these crazy conspiracy theories. People like Wray, Joy Reid, etc... would be asked every day for the rest of their lives to prove that Trump wasn’t hit by a bullet. They would be called “bulletists” or some other derogatory name to make them look stupid.
But as I initially said, I know the media constantly lies and their only principal is the destruction of the country. Therefor everything they do is consistent.
Of course it wasn’t. You counter an argument by taking their position and then arguing it.
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