Mainstream Media Outlet Claims President Trump Was NOT Shot

Newsweek has reported President Trump may not have been hit with a bullet at his rally at Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.

In a report, Newsweek claimed a bullet may not have hit Trump but rather was hit with shrapnel.

Newsweek’s report used FBI Director Christopher Wray’s testimony on Wednesday before Congress as proof to their claim.

In his testimony, Wray stated, “As I said, 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’s claim comes into contradiction with Trump’s physician Ronny Jackson, who reported that Trump “sustained a gunshot wound to his right ear that was “less than a quarter of an inch from entering his head, and struck the top of his right ear.”

Newsweek Mocked for Claiming Donald Trump Was Not Really Shot Because Only Part of a Bullet Hit Him ⁦@BreitbartNews⁩ https://t.co/uLxuxFjGQC

— AWR Hawkins (@AWRHawkins) July 25, 2024

Donald Trump might not have been shot after all https://t.co/60KvtkhY1N pic.twitter.com/fObe2Jr3iG

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) July 25, 2024

Here’s Newsweek’s report:

FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday that it was not clear whether former President Donald Trump was shot or hit by shrapnel when a gunman opened fire at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, earlier this month.

The FBI is investigating the July 13 shooting, which killed one rally-goer and seriously injured two others before the gunman, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot dead by the Secret Service.

Trump was rushed off stage with a bloodied ear. He said that night that he was “shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear.” He said he heard “a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin” in a post on his Truth Social platform.

A week after the shooting, the Trump campaign released a doctor’s note from Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson—who had served as Trump’s White House physician—that said Trump sustained a gunshot wound to his right ear that was “less than a quarter of an inch from entering his head, and struck the top of his right ear.” Trump is “doing well, and he is recovering as expected,” Jackson said.

Here’s what the Fact Checkers reported:

Newsweek says President Trump “might not have been sh*t at all.”

Snopes rates this claim as false:

“The injury Trump sustained during a July 13, 2024, ass*ss*n*ti*n attempt wasn’t caused by a bullet but by broken glass.” pic.twitter.com/MfpjNKH4Tg

— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) July 25, 2024

Per Breitbart:

Newsweek is facing social media backlash after downplaying the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump by suggesting he was only hit with part of a bullet instead of an intact bullet.

The Newsweek article is titled “Donald Trump Might Not Have Been Shot After All.”

Newsweek attempts to justify this title by pointing to testimony from FBI Director Christopher Wray, wherein Wray said, “…With respect to former President Trump, there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear.”

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🚨𝑱𝑼𝑺𝑻 𝑰𝑵: @Newsweek is attempting to cast doubt on the incident at President Donald Trump's Butler, Pennsylvania rally by suggesting that he may not have been hit by a bullet but rather by "shrapnel," as indicated by FBI Director Wray's testimony.

Wray's statement, in… pic.twitter.com/CeROE4Qrpb

— Liberacrat Media™️ (@Liberacrat) July 25, 2024