“There is some question about whether or not it was a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday.

FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed during a marathon testimony on Wednesday that investigators still do not know if former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet or a piece of shrapnel during his attempted assassination.

Twice during the hours-long session, Wray told lawmakers that the FBI was still working to determine what exactly struck the former president on his right ear during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “My understanding is that either it [a bullet] or some shrapnel is what grazed his ear,” Wray told Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA).

  • LengAwaits@lemmy.world
    10·
    1 year ago

    Reposting from an earlier comment I made:

    Best we have right now, far as I can find:

    Expand for bloody ear photo

    My favorite tinfoil hat theory is that one of the secret service members had a razor palmed, which they then used to slice his ear when they took him to ground. I’m not saying I believe that, of course, but it seems the most plausible to me.

    Here's a photo of the same ear taken sometime on or before Jan 2019.

    Edit to add: Armchair analysis. Maybe it sorta looks like some of the helix (both tubercle and crus sides) flesh is missing from a graze, here?

    Expand for a bloody ear photo with lines drawn on it

    • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      That’s definitely the best I’ve seen so far. Wish we had more angles - looking straight on, it’s hard to assess if chunks are missing, or if that’s just how the red shit dried.