FBI wants to interview Trump for PA rally shooting investigation
When FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before members of Congress on Wednesday, July 24, he told lawmakers that it was unclear whether Donald Trump's right ear was grazed by a bullet or a piece of shrapnel during the July 13 assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Western Pennsylvania.
Trump responded to Wray's testimony with a July 25 rant on his Truth Social platform, posting, "No, it was, unfortunately, a bullet that hit my ear, and hit it hard. There was no glass, there was no shrapnel. The hospital called it a 'bullet wound to the ear,' and that is what it was. No wonder the once storied FBI has lost the confidence of America!"
On July 24, Trump's right ear was bleeding when he was led away by U.S. Secret Service agents. And two days later, Trump appeared at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee with that ear bandaged.
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The FBI continues to investigate the assignation attempt. According to CNN reporters Evan Perez and Alayna Treene, the FBI is "seeking to interview" Trump and "obtain a victim statement" as part of that investigation.
"The FBI also said, in a statement Thursday, that investigators continue to examine bullet fragments and other evidence in the attack on Trump at his Pennsylvania rally this month, but that the agency has always considered the shooting an attempted assassination of the former president," the CNN journalists explain. "The bureau issued the statement in response to questions about FBI Director Christopher Wray's testimony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, in which he said there's still 'some question' about whether Trump was hit with a bullet or shrapnel."
Perez and Treene add, "Questions about Trump's wound have stoked political backlash. Trump has said he 'took a bullet for democracy,' and attacked Wray on Truth Social over his testimony."
The motivations of the July 13 attacker, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, also remain unclear. Crooks, who was killed by a U.S. Secret Service sniper that day, was a registered Republican yet once made a small donation to a progressive group. And he didn't have a large online presence.
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Read CNN's full report at this link.
