'Is That Not Accurate?': Jim Jordan Questions FBI Director About Donald Trump Shooting

2 months ago

At a House Judiciary Committee hearing held last week, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) questioned FBI Director Chris Wray about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

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00:00I appreciate the gentleman yielding.

00:02Director, I guess I'm not clear exactly where all,

00:06you said there were eight shell casings on the roof,

00:08so eight bullets were fired.

00:10We obviously know that Mr. Comperatore lost his life,

00:13two other rally goers were injured, seriously injured,

00:17and then the one that hit President Trump.

00:21Does that account for, were some of these individuals

00:24hit multiple times?

00:25Where did all eight bullets go, is I guess my question.

00:30I don't have that in front of me.

00:32I'm happy to circle back and get that to you.

00:34It's assuming we have that information yet.

00:38As I said, I think with respect to former President Trump,

00:43there's some question about whether or not

00:47it's a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear.

00:50So it's conceivable, as I sit here right now,

00:52I don't know whether that bullet,

00:55in addition to causing the grazing,

00:57could have also landed somewhere else.

01:00But I believe we've accounted for all of the shots

01:02on the cartridges, so let us get that.

01:05It's my understanding that the very first one

01:07was the one that hit the President.

01:08Is that the very first shot, or is that not accurate?

01:11I don't, as I sit here right now,

01:13I don't know the answer to that.

01:14I believe we know the answer to that,

01:15I just don't have it in front of me.

01:17Okay, okay.

01:18Is there any chance this, I mean, it seems to me

01:21that this bad guy, this shooter,

01:22was focused on President Trump.

01:25But you indicated that he purchased 50 rounds

01:28of ammunition, I believe, earlier that day.

01:32Do you have any indication thus far in your investigation

01:34that in addition to going after

01:36and trying to assassinate the former President,

01:39he was also looking to do a lot more damage

01:42to other individuals?

01:46That's a hard question to answer.

01:48What I would say is I agree with you

01:50that his preparatory activity,

01:56what we've seen so far, the limited information

01:59that has been relevant and interesting

02:01about his preparatory activity,

02:03does seem to be that he had settled

02:05on former President Trump as a target,

02:08and this rally as his moment to try to take a shot.

02:12But in addition to the 50 rounds,

02:16of course, you have the issue of these explosive devices.

02:19Right.

02:20And so what else he may have had in mind

02:23is something that I think is very much of an open question.

02:27On the one hand, you have these explosive devices,

02:29including the one still back in his home,

02:32that wasn't in quite the same stage

02:34as the one in the vehicle,

02:36vehicles, the ones in the vehicle.

02:37But he clearly had those explosive devices for some reason,

02:41and so we're trying to figure that out.

02:43As I've said before, sometimes in these kind of situations,

02:46you find like a manifesto or something like that.

02:50It's frustrating to us, and I'm sure frustrating

02:52to you and the American people,

02:53that we haven't found anything quite like that.

02:54We'd love to have a roadmap

02:56that tells us exactly what he was thinking.

02:57We haven't found that yet, doesn't mean we won't.

03:00We're looking all over the place,

03:01and we're gonna leave no stone unturned.

03:04A gentleman from Texas is recognized.

'Is That Not Accurate?': Jim Jordan Questions FBI Director About Donald Trump Shooting

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