House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back against the FBI director on Thursday Testimony of Christopher Wray Former President before the House Judiciary Committee Donald Trump He may not have been shot directly during the assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Wray, who Trump nominated He will lead the FBI in 2017, testified Wednesday about his agency’s investigation attempted assassination, and said, “I think there’s a question regarding former President Trump as to whether it was a bullet or shrapnel that hit him in the ear.” He said the FBI-led investigation into the shooting is “very much ongoing.”
Johnson said he did not find Wray’s testimony credible.
“We’ve all seen the video, we’ve seen the analysis, we’ve heard from multiple sources that the bullet went through his ear. I’m not sure it matters that much,” Johnson said.
He also said Wray “wasn’t forthcoming with some of the information we expected.”
“There’s a lot of frustration and concern about leadership with these agencies,” Johnson said, apparently also referring to the Secret Service.
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung also slammed Wrey, saying: “Anyone who believes this conspiracy bull is either mentally retarded or a deliberate liar for political reasons.”
In a statement Thursday, the FBI said, “Since the day of the attack, the FBI has been consistent and clear that the shooting was an assassination attempt against former President Trump, resulting in his injury and the death of a heroic father. and injuries to several other victims.”
“The FBI’s Shooting Reconstruction Team continues to examine evidence from the scene, including bullet fragments, and the investigation is ongoing,” the statement said.
The former president did not release any medical records related to his hospital treatment after the shooting, and the doctors who treated him were not available to answer questions. Trump’s campaign released the letter from Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, a former White House physician.
Jackson ripped Wray In a statement about X. “What little credibility Trump has lost after he thoughtlessly suggested that he wasn’t shot. It was a bullet – I saw the wound. Pity!!!” in that post, he capitalized the last two sentences.
Jackson said in a July 20 letter released by the campaign that he has been evaluating and treating Trump’s wound “daily” since the shooting.
“As the entire world has reported and witnessed, he was shot in the right ear by the high-powered rifle used by the assassin,” Jackson said in the letter.
“The bullet mark produced a 2 cm wide wound extending to the cartilage surface of the ear,” the letter said, adding that there was “significant initial bleeding” but “given the extensive and blunt nature of the wound itself, there is no wound.” needed stitches.”
Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., called Wray’s testimony “remarkable” and said Trump “owes it to the American people to be honest and tell exactly what happened.”
“We have not seen any medical records. “We’ve had no independent doctor on what’s going on, other than a hyper-partisan, elected member of Congress,” Goldman said.
Trump expressed anger Wednesday about another part of Wray’s testimony: that he didn’t see any cognitive decline in his relationship with President Joe Biden.
“Anyone can see that Joe Biden is cognitively and physically disabled and if you can’t see that, you sure as hell can’t run the FBI,” Trump wrote on social media, adding, “Wray needs to resign and NOW, FOR NOT LIING TO CONGRESS!” “
Freddie Tunnard, Kyle Stewart, Syedah Asghar and Michael Kosnar contributed.