美国联邦调查局表示，周五晚上，一颗子弹在7月13日试图暗杀前总统唐纳德·特朗普时击中了他的耳朵。
他们调查的更新是在特朗普猛烈抨击美国联邦调查局导演克里斯托弗·雷(Christopher Wray)本周早些时候作证说，目前尚不清楚特朗普在宾夕法尼亚州的集会上是被子弹击中还是被其他东西击中。
“击中前总统川普耳朵的是一颗子弹，不管是完整的还是碎成更小的碎片，都是从死者的步枪中射出的，”美国联邦调查局在声明中说。
特朗普周四接受了Truth Social的采访，要求雷在一天前在国会作证，他向他们简要介绍了对枪击事件的调查，这起枪击事件造成一名拉力赛选手死亡，另外两人受伤。
“美国联邦调查局主任克里斯多佛·雷昨天告诉国会，他不确定我是被弹片、玻璃还是子弹击中的(美国联邦调查局甚至从未检查过!) ... "特朗普周四晚上在他的真实社交账户上发布了部分内容。
特朗普是在回应雷周三告诉众议院议员，该局仍未确定特朗普的耳朵是否被实际子弹击中。
“我认为，对于前总统川普来说，有一些问题是，击中他耳朵的是子弹还是弹片，”雷在回答众议院司法委员会主席吉姆·乔丹(Jim Jordan)提出的美国联邦调查局是否已经清点了枪手发射的所有子弹的问题时说。
“这是可能的——虽然我现在坐在这里，我不知道那颗子弹除了引起放牧之外，是否还可能落在其他地方，”雷说。
据一位熟悉调查的消息人士称，正如他所表示的，美国联邦调查局仍在检查在宾夕法尼亚州巴特勒集会现场发现的子弹碎片，以确定到底是什么击中了这位前总统。
周五，德克萨斯州众议员罗尼·杰克逊(Ronny Jackson)在一封印有国会信笺的信中对雷的证词提出了质疑。杰克逊是特朗普担任总统期间的前白宫医生。
“没有证据表明这不是一颗子弹，”杰克森在川普的顾问杰森·米勒发给《X》的信中写道。“经医院和我本人证实，国会应该纠正这一记录。雷主任提出任何其他建议都是错误的，也是不合适的。”
杰克逊写道，他一直在为特朗普治疗暗杀企图的后果，并同意巴特勒纪念医院的医生在枪击事件当天所做的评估。
医院尚未发布任何关于特朗普受伤、病因或特朗普接受的任何治疗的医疗报告。除了直言不讳的支持者杰克逊的两封信之外，州政府、联邦政府或特朗普竞选团队也没有任何官方说法。
美国联邦调查局周四发布的一份声明称，未遂暗杀导致川普受伤，但具体方式仍在调查中。
“美国联邦调查局枪击重建小组继续检查现场证据，包括子弹碎片，调查仍在进行中。”
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在Truth Social的帖子中，特朗普坚持认为是一颗子弹击中了他。
“不，不幸的是，子弹击中了我的耳朵，而且打得很重，”特朗普写道。“没有玻璃，也没有弹片。医院称之为‘耳朵枪伤’，事实就是如此。”
在他的竞选集会上，特朗普现在说他“为民主挨了一枪”。
在周四的同一篇社交媒体帖子中，特朗普还表示，雷“一无所知”，并承诺如果他赢得第二个任期，将解雇他。
FBI says bullet struck Trump's ear during assassination attempt
The FBI said Friday evening a bullet struck former President Donald Trump's ear during his assassination attempt on July 13.
The update to their investigation came after Trump lashed out against FBI Director Christopher Wray for testifying earlier this week that it was still unclear whether Trump was hit with a bullet -- or something else -- at his Pennsylvania rally.
"What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subject’s rifle," the FBI said in its statement.
Trump took to Truth Social Thursday calling out Wray for his testimony a day earlier in Congress where he briefed them on the investigation into the shooting that left one rallygoer dead and two others wounded.
"FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress yesterday that he wasn't sure if I was hit by shrapnel, glass, or a bullet (the FBI never even checked!) ... " Trump posted in part Thursday night on his Truth Social account.
Trump was reacting to Wray telling House lawmakers on Wednesday that the bureau still hasn't reached a determination as to whether Trump's ear was hit by an actual bullet.
"I think with respect to former President Trump, there's some question about whether or not it's a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear," Wray said in response to a question from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan asking whether the FBI has accounted for all bullets fired by the shooter.
"It's conceivable -- although as I sit here right now I don't know whether that bullet, in addition to causing the grazing could have also landed somewhere else," Wray said.
As he indicated, the FBI is still examining bullet fragments found at the rally site in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to a source familiar with the investigation, to determine what actually hit the former president.
On Friday, Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, a former White House physician who served while Trump was president, disputed Wray's testimony in a letter on his congressional letterhead.
"There was no evidence it was anything other than a bullet," Jackson wrote in the letter posted to X by Trump's adviser Jason Miller. "Congress should correct the record as confirmed by both the hospital and myself. Director Wray is wrong and inappropriate to suggest anything else."
Jackson writes that he has been treating Trump in the aftermath of the assassination attempt and concurs with the assessment made by the doctors at the Butler Memorial Hospital the day of the shooting.
The hospital has not released any medical reports about Trump's injury, the cause or any treatment Trump received. Nor is there an official account yet from the state or federal government or the Trump campaign, other than two letters from Jackson, an outspoken supporter.
A statement released by the FBI on Thursday said the attempted assassination resulted in Trump's injury, but the exact manner how is still under investigation.
"The FBI's Shooting Reconstruction Team continues to examine evidence from the scene, including bullet fragments, and the investigation remains ongoing."
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In his post on Truth Social, Trump insisted it was a bullet that struck him.
"No, it was, unfortunately, a bullet that hit my ear, and hit it hard," Trump wrote. "There was no glass, there was no shrapnel. The hospital called it a 'bullet wound to the ear,' and that is what it was."
At his campaign rallies, Trump now says he "took a bullet for democracy."
In the same social media post on Thursday, Trump also said Wray "knows nothing" and has promised to fire him if he wins a second term.
