Why does the FBI keep lying about the attempted assassination of Trump?
If you lie to Congress under oath, you go to jail. The rules are simple, and they certainly apply to conservatives. Steve Bannon is currently serving a prison sentence for contempt of Congress because he refused to testify in a politically motivated inquiry centered on the events of January 6, 2021. However, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Director Paul Abbate have both blatantly lied to Congress about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Neither of these men hesitated to lie; neither do they expect to face consequences for their flagrant disregard for the truth.
The FBI is a dangerous rogue agency that regularly acts with political malice to harm the opponents of the Democratic Party. The agency now appears to be involved in a coordinated misinformation campaign surrounding the shooting of a former president, and it does not expect anyone to hold it accountable.
When the iconic photo of a bloodied Trump pumping his fist after a failed assassination attempt first appeared, progressives reacted by immediately spinning out several conspiracy theories. The heroic image of the former president simply could not exist alongside the left’s conception of Trump as a cowardly con man stoking the resentment of white Americans to make a few dollars.
At first, the hysterical social media mob concocted an elaborate narrative about the Great Orange Hitler paying a skilled sharpshooter to graze his ear, creating a bloody but nonlethal spectacle that would become the new Reichstag fire to usher in an authoritarian regime. This fiction proved too absurd even for rabid and delusional Trump-haters, so a new theory emerged: It was broken glass, not a bullet, that ultimately struck the real estate tycoon.
This theory was not as satisfying but sounded slightly more plausible. Celebrities quickly joined leftist news outlets in speculating that Trump had not taken a bullet but had simply been grazed by shrapnel. It's worth noting that Alex Jones faced a $1.5 billion judgment after a jury determined that he made false claims about the Sandy Hook shooting. Despite photos clearly showing a bullet midflight during the event, this conspiracy theory was enthusiastically repeated by those hoping to blunt the impact of Trump’s courage in the aftermath of the attempted assassination.
The “shrapnel” conspiracy theory was stupid and obviously false, so it was very strange to hear FBI Director Christopher Wray last week offer it as a possible explanation for Trump’s injury when he testified in Congress.
Wray, who was appointed by Trump, is not the kind of guy who walks into a congressional hearing and repeats whatever he hears on MSNBC. Wray operates the nation’s premier law enforcement agency and has access to high-level briefings. The director would have been perfectly aware of what really happened to Trump, yet he chose to insert a blatant lie into his own testimony, feeding the delusional fake news of the left. Wray inserted this lie because he knows that he is above the law.
Authorities have released suspiciously little information about the man who attempted to kill Donald Trump. Like Audrey Hale, the trans shooter responsible for the deaths of six people at a Christian school in Nashville last year, Thomas Matthew Crooks’ motives may prove inconvenient for those in power, prompting law enforcement to work hard to conceal them. Initially, it appeared that Crooks was the only 20-year-old with no social media footprint or indication of his political leanings. Then the FBI revealed it had discovered one account on the social media platform Gab that it believes belonged to the failed assassin.
For those unfamiliar, Gab is a social media website with a radical commitment to free speech. Due to its dedication to open conversation, the site is dominated by very right-wing users who have been banned from other platforms. Progressives and their allies in law enforcement want to paint Crooks as a disgruntled right-winger angry with an insufficiently radical Trump, but that simply is not the case. According to documents released by CEO Andrew Torba, the shooter was on Gab but spent his time trolling conservatives, making pro-Biden posts, and supporting the administration’s lockdown and border policies.
GAB is also stocked FULL of people whose task it is to push and prod people to react, preferably in violent ways. Always assume that EVERY platform is both and opportunity and a tool. The IC plays both ends of the field.
Such an absurd narrative. Even if the shrapnel theory was true, what difference does it make? If you are an Army officer writing up a citation for a Purple Heart you don't bother stating, "servicemember was struck by shrapnel caused by enemy direct fire not the enemy bullet itself." That's stupid. "Sniper shot at Trump; Trump was wounded by projectile caused by sniper fire." QED. Why bother trying to parse that?