The FBI just a few minutes ago did release this
sentence saying what struck former President Trump in the ear
was a bullet,
whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces fired from the
deceased subjects rifle.
Now why the statement came out at this time is,
well, there was a debate and it was ignited by
the director of the FBI,
Christopher Wray, who just testified to Congress this week that
it wasn't clear whether Trump was hit by a bullet.
I think with with respect to former President Trump.
There's some question about whether or not it's a bullet
or shrapnel that,
you know, that hit his ear.
Trump responded to Ray today saying,
quote, perhaps FBI Director Christopher Wray will notice there is
no shrapnel or glass flying through the air,
only a blood stained bullet.
It's also damaging to the great people that work in
the FBI.
What really happened here? I mean,
why would it take the FBI two weeks to release
that?
Well, you know Aaron, what what happened here unfortunately was
a bit I think of a self-inflicted wound that the
director brought on himself in the organization with his testimony
the other day. And I should say that I thought
his testimony was great.
He put out a lot of information,
very some details that we had not heard before.
Give him a lot of credit for that.
But this was a bit of an offhanded reference.
It may not have even been in his prepared talking
points.
And it opened up all this speculation about whether or
not Trump had actually been hit by a bullet or
something else.
The statement that we got just a few a few
minutes ago,
I think is really artfully drafted because it essentially says
the same thing he said in his testimony.
It says whether he was hit,
he was definitely hit by a bullet,
whether hole or in part.
And that's what he said in his testimony slightly differently.
He said we're not sure if he was hit by
a bullet or some piece of shrapnel.
Well, part of a bullet you could describe as shrapnel.
So they're really being very artful here.
But clearly they're trying to put a wet blanket on
this fire,
which is kind of consuming the agency's attention at a
time when they don't need that.