The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Christopher Wray recently suggested that former President Donald Trump was not struck by a bullet from the would-be assassin's gun, which caused a firestorm of backlash.
In recent days, the FBI released a statement confirming that he was, in fact, hit by a bullet, sparking a reply from Trump in which he "accepted" the federal law enforcement agency's "apology," Breitbart reported.
Trump's critics and some in Congress had floated a conspiracy that Trump wasn't shot, despite clear evidence to the contrary.
The FBI's statement vindicated Trump, but it was also what everyone who has seen the videos and iconic photographs already knew.
In previous testimony before Congress, Director Wray suggested that Trump might not have been struck by the shooter's bullet, but didn't clarify what else it could have been.
"With respect to former President Donald Trump, there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear," Wray said at the time.
Breitbart noted:
While speaking at Turning Point USA’s Believers’ Summit in West Palm Beach on Friday, Trump spoke about how an immigration chart that he had turned to look at, “saved” his life and how the FBI had made remarks raising doubts about whether Trump had actually been shot by a bullet.
At the Turning Point summit, Trump mentioned the controversy and said he "accepts" the FBI's apology after the statement was released.
"Did you see the FBI today apologized," Trump said. "They said, 'Well, it might’ve been a bullet, but it might’ve been glass.’ So, really, where did the glass come from? ‘Or, it might’ve been shrapnel,’ where did the shrapnel come from?"
Trump used the moment to slam the FBI, even mentioning the raid on his Mar-a-Lago residence with regard to the classified documents probe.
"They then said there was a bullet," Trump added. "It just never ends with these people. They raid Mar-a-Lago, they do things so bad, so bad. Our country is so sick. But, they apologized. We accept their apology."
Users across social media reacted to Trump's speech, with many of them slamming the FBI for its initial suggestion.
"Oh look, the FBI is just as useless as local law enforcement and SS-ervice Thanks for confirming what we always knew," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "Question should be. Why on earth would they want to minimize it? Why?"
