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FBI director casts doubt on whether Trump was struck by bullet during assassination attempt at rally
Daily Mail ^ | 7/24/24 | Bethan Sexton

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 ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; History
KEYWORDS: assassination; bullet; christopherwray; chriswray; failedassassination; fakeheadline; fbiakastasi; fbigaslight; fbigaslighting; fib; gaslightwray; lyingsos; notabullet; politics; pos; rally; shrapneltheory; telepromptertheory; trumpshot
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1 posted on 07/24/2024 6:37:40 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Headline does not match article.


2 posted on 07/24/2024 6:39:13 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain

HUH? Did you read the article?


3 posted on 07/24/2024 6:41:21 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Libloather

Does it matter? And wouldn’t the ET doctor be able to corroborate either way?


4 posted on 07/24/2024 6:42:42 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Trump 2024!)
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To: Libloather
'There’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,' Wray said."

Why would this smelly jackass even try to raise the possibility of such a distinction? Somebody tried to assassinate Trump, you jerk!!!
5 posted on 07/24/2024 6:43:20 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Libloather

Wray is a POS.

There was no shrapnel from the teleprompter because neither teleprompter was hit.


6 posted on 07/24/2024 6:44:44 PM PDT by CrosscutSaw
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To: Libloather

Applying the same logic, Reagan wasn’t shot either. He was wounded by fragments of shrapnel after the bullet struck the car.


7 posted on 07/24/2024 6:45:54 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: Libloather

Wray is Trump’s appointee: he needs to make better appointments in some cases.


8 posted on 07/24/2024 6:45:56 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Prince of Space

Wow Wray trying to poo poo Trump’s injury. The shooter got off 8 shots of a former President. Instead of being outraged he has to try and make it look like it was nothing but a nick.

So imagine his testimony if it had been Biden or Kamala.


9 posted on 07/24/2024 6:46:52 PM PDT by Engedi
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To: Libloather

Wray gun is an azzhat, just sayin’.


10 posted on 07/24/2024 6:47:46 PM PDT by drSteve78 ( Older Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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To: Theodore R.

Trump was forced to appoint certain folks by the Rino’s and McConnell. If he didn’t do what they wanted, they wouldn’t pass his agenda, etc.


11 posted on 07/24/2024 6:48:10 PM PDT by Engedi
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To: Prince of Space

The Doc already said it was a bullet.


12 posted on 07/24/2024 6:48:43 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Libloather

in other words he’s saying, we missed this time. We’ll do better the next time.


13 posted on 07/24/2024 6:49:09 PM PDT by patriot torch (..)
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To: Libloather

Wray, the same corrupt POS that believes Antifa is just an idea and not a group. That SOB needs to be in jail, not leading an organization that has become worse than the mob ever was.


14 posted on 07/24/2024 6:49:34 PM PDT by falcon99 ( )
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To: Libloather

He gets fired next January….


15 posted on 07/24/2024 6:50:12 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: Libloather
'There’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,' Wray said.

This does not alter the fact that an attempt was made on former President Trump's life with bullets fired and that the DC bureaucracy utterly failed in their responsibility and have been in cover-up mode ever since - including Wray's FBI.

16 posted on 07/24/2024 6:50:16 PM PDT by Beowulf
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To: Theodore R.

He needs to stop listening to fat pigs like Christie. That disgusting pile of filth recommended Wray before Christie was exposed


17 posted on 07/24/2024 6:51:48 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore…)
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To: Libloather

I’d fire this mother Fr with malice first chance I had!!
No good _ _ _ _sucker!!!!


18 posted on 07/24/2024 6:52:12 PM PDT by bantam
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To: Libloather

You should expect that kind of crap from the Official Trump Hater of the FBI. Wray is full of crap. Does it make any difference? There was an assassination attempt of a former President of the United States. Do your friggin’ job. John Kerry shot himself in the ass with an M-79 Grenade Launcher. They still gave him a Purple Heart for it.


19 posted on 07/24/2024 6:53:58 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hi! I'm Fling. My pronouns are Dem, Deez and Doze. )
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To: DesertRhino

He’ll resign so he keeps his pension.


20 posted on 07/24/2024 6:55:17 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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