Was Donald Trump injured by a bullet or debris? Ballistics experts weigh in

Donald Trump is absolutely certain he was shot in the face last month by a round from a would-be assassin’s AR-15 assault-style rifle.

Maybe he was. But maybe he wasn’t, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray, who is somewhat less sure about exactly what happened at the Pennsylvania campaign rally where the ex-president’s ear was bloodied while he addressed a crowd of supporters.

“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 testified on Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee. “There’s a whole lot of work underway and still a lot of work to do.”

An infuriated Trump took to Truth Social a few hours later, lashing out in a rambling attack at Wray, who was appointed by Trump during his single term in office.

“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 seethed. “But he was sure that Crooked Joe Biden was physically and cognitively ‘uneventful’ — Wrong!”

Ballistics experts surveyed by The Independent say it is impossible to know exactly what happened without further investigation — and increased transparency from Trump.

Trump and his campaign have declined to provide any official information about his injuries, have not released any of his medical records, and have not authorized the doctors who treated him to speak publicly.

But an analysis published Friday by The New York Times suggested Trump was hit by a bullet, not a fragment or shrapnel. Using a 3D model of the scene, along with input from an expert in audio forensics, the Times studied the trajectory of the first bullet to hit the seating area behind