Former President Donald Trump used his Truth Social platform Thursday night to criticize FBI Director Christopher Wray following his congressional hearing on the attempted assassination of Trump.
Wray testified that he was not sure whether it was a bullet that hit Trump in the ear while he was at an outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
“I think there's some question with respect to former President Trump as to whether it was a bullet or shrapnel that hit him in the ear,” Wray said at Wednesday's hearing.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP/Susan Walsh)
Trump, who nominated Wray to be FBI director in 2017, lashed out at his former appointee after the hearing.
“FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress yesterday that he was not sure if I was hit by shrapnel, glass, or a bullet (the FBI didn't even check!), but he was certain that Crooked Joe Biden was “not in any trouble” physically or cognitively. He was wrong!” Trump wrote on his social media site.
“That's why he knows nothing about the terrorists and other criminals who are pouring into our country in record numbers. His only goal is to destroy the J6 Patriots, storm Mar-a-Lago, and save the radical left lunatics, like the ones now in DC burning American flags and spray painting our great national monuments, without any retribution.
Former President Donald J. Trump at the Supreme Court in Washington DC (Donald Trump: Photo by Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images | Supreme Court: Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“No, unfortunately it was a bullet that hit my ear, and it hit me very hard. There was no glass or shrapnel. The hospital called it a 'gunshot wound to the ear,' and that's what it was. No wonder the once-famous FBI has lost America's trust!”
Trump was shot in the right ear during the rally and U.S. Secret Service agents rushed to surround him, remove him from the stage and help him down the stairs to a waiting vehicle.
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The suspected shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot dead by Secret Service. Two other people were wounded by gunfire and former firefighter Corey Comperatore died at the scene while protecting his family.
Trump was treated and released at a nearby hospital and then appeared at the Republican National Convention a few days later with a bandage on his ear.
Kimberly Cheatle, who was director of the Secret Service at the time, faced calls to resign, to which she vehemently responded that she would not resign. After her testimony before Congress this week, Cheatle resigned.
Wray now faces similar scrutiny, including from House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
“We've all seen the video, we've seen the analysis, we've heard from multiple sources and from multiple angles that a bullet went through his ear. I'm not sure that matters that much,” Johnson said at the hearing.
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Johnson added that Wray “did not provide some of the information we were hoping for.”
“There's a lot of frustration and concern about the leadership of these agencies,” Johnson said.
