Trump's former WH physician pushes back against suggestion ex-president not hit with bullet

Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, on Friday cast doubt on FBI Director Christopher Wray's suggestion that former President Donald Trump could have been injured by shrapnel or glass during an assassination attempt in Butler, Penn., earlier this month.

Trump was injured during the rally when the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, opened fire. Trump, for his part, pumped his fist to show the crowd he was alright before Secret Service rushed him off the stage. Crooks was killed during the incident.

"During the Congressional Hearing two days ago, FBI Director Christopher Wray suggested that it could be a bullet, shrapnel, or glass," he wrote in a public memo. "There is absolutely no evidence that it was anything other than a bullet. Congress should correct the record as confirmed by both the hospital and myself. Director Wray is wrong and inappropriate to suggest anything else."

Wray testified during a House Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this week.

Prior to serving in Congress, Jackson was the White House physician under Trump.

"I have reviewed President Trump's medical records from Butler Memorial Hospital, where he was initially evaluated and treated for a 'Gunshot Wound to the Right Ear,'" he wrote. "Based on my direct observations of the injury, my relevant clinical background, and my significant experience evaluating and experiencing patients, I completely concur with the initial assessment and treatment provided by the doctors and nurses at Butler Memorial Hospital on the day of the shooting."

The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted unanimously to create a task force to investigate the assassination attempt.