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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 165 points 3 months ago (2 children)

FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed during a marathon testimony on Wednesday that investigators still do not know if former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet or a piece of shrapnel during his attempted assassination.

But making this distinction doesn’t guarantee clicks, so let’s keep the headline from being too clear about it.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 38 points 3 months ago

I think the FBI is saying they know where each round ends up and it's not in a trajectory that could have injured Trump. But they can't just say that to the Republican Congressman asking the question.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's a distinction without a difference. "Trump wasn't injured by a bullet, he was injured by shrapnel from the bullet" doesn't let the FBI or the SS off the hook for missing this kid before he started shooting.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it's a stupidly thin hair to split, to the point where it's irrelevant. It doesn't matter if the bullet hit him or the shrapnel caused by the bullet hit him. The fact is there was a guy with a rifle within pissing distance. The government really fucked up.

Not that I'm either surprised nor disappointed by that fact. I personally suspect that the secret service treats the Trump detail as the dump assignment for all of the shittiest, bottom 1% of their security personnel.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Idk a lot of law enforcement is pro trump, they might have wanted the detail.

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah, and the ones that did are probably the bottom of the barrel.