FBI Backtracks, Now Says Trump Was Hit By Bullet

Donald Trump has been railing on the FBI’s director for suggesting he might not have been hit by a bullet when he was shot at — and now … the agency’s completely backpedaling.

The FBI just put out a statement that unequivocally stands firm on the notion Trump was, in fact, struck by one of Thomas Matthew Crooks‘ AR-15 rounds a couple weeks ago at his rally in Butler, PA … where one person was killed, and two others were injured.

The statement reads, “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.”

Of course, this about-face comes after Trump and his allies have cried foul at Christopher Wray‘s waffling on this issue during his congressional testimony this week … casting a bit of doubt by saying it might’ve been shrapnel that peppered his ear as opposed to a full bullet.

It seems all the handwringing has forced the FBI to come out and say it very clearly … he got nicked that day, and the ordeal was just as dangerous as everyone’s been saying.

Time will tell if this appeases Trump — who, BTW, has lost his bandage and seems to have healed up quite nicely.