The claim

““The FBI said former President Trump’s ear was not hit by a bullet during the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt.””

Public reporting does not confirm that the FBI definitively said Trump was not hit by a bullet; the Bureau’s public statements have emphasized that the investigation is ongoing and have not settled the precise cause of the ear injury in a final, official determination.

The viral phrasing attributes a definitive conclusion to the FBI (“not hit by a bullet”), but widely cited FBI remarks and official updates in credible reporting have focused on identifying the shooter, reconstructing events, and noting the investigation remained ongoing rather than issuing a final, categorical medical/forensic finding about the ear wound’s exact mechanism. Some media reports discussed possibilities such as bullet or fragment/ricochet, but those discussions were not equivalent to a formal FBI declaration that it was not a bullet. In the absence of a publicly released, authoritative FBI report or forensic findings explicitly stating the injury could not have been caused by a bullet, the claim overstates what is confirmed. If an official investigative report or medical/forensic documentation is released, this could be resolved more definitively.