Was Donald Trump injured by a bullet or debris? Ballistics experts weigh in

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : "Trump has eagerly included the shooting in his ever-evolving "legend" of himself, recounting the event, moment by moment, during the first part of his 90-plus-minute speech at the recent Republican National Convention.
56% : Using a 3D model of the scene, along with input from an expert in audio forensics, the Times studied the trajectory of the first bullet to hit the seating area behind Trump.
44% : Investigators will also interview Trump, which the FBI announced on Friday, and examine all rounds and fragments and match them with the weapon involved "to rule out any secondary shooters," Franks told The Independent.
42% : It reportedly showed the round had traveled in a straight line from the rifle's barrel and grazed Trump's ear on the way to its final destination, rather than striking something in between that would have sheared off a piece of something that then hit Trump.Luke Laterza, a former Newark Police Department sergeant who ran the city's ballistics lab until he retired in 2016, said the FBI, which has jurisdiction over the shooting investigation, has thus far -- as is typical -- played its cards extremely close to the vest.
37% : "But he was sure that Crooked Joe Biden was physically and cognitively 'uneventful' -- Wrong!"Ballistics experts surveyed by The Independent say it is impossible to know exactly what happened without further investigation -- and increased transparency from Trump.
34% : Franks cited the same problems as Laterza, in not knowing the caliber of the ammunition Crooks fired at Trump.
29% : Trump and his campaign have declined to provide any official information about his injuries, have not released any of his medical records, and have not authorized the doctors who treated him to speak publicly.
29% : But an analysis published Friday by The New York Times suggested Trump was hit by a bullet, not a fragment or shrapnel.
29% : This, according to Diaczuk, would probably rule out a bullet fragment as being the object that struck Trump, since, he said, bullets "do not break apart in the air.
23% : "FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress yesterday that he wasn't sure if I was hit by shrapnel, glass, or a bullet (the FBI never even checked!)," Trump seethed.
22% : Diaczuk echoed the Times' findings, pointing out that there were no objects between Crooks and Trump that logically could have created flying debris, and that the podium and seats behind Trump happened to be positioned in such a way that the laws of physics made it unlikely he was hit by a fragment of either, he told The Independent.
6% : "An infuriated Trump took to Truth Social a few hours later, lashing out in a rambling attack at Wray, who was appointed by Trump during his single term in office.

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