Trump's former doctor gives health update, calls out Wray as FBI affirms bullet struck former president

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Republican representatives visit site of Trump rally shooting

Rep. Cory Mills, R-FL, and Rep. Eli Crane, R-AZ, visited the site of where former President Trump was shot on July 13 at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

A former White House doctor released a letter Friday stating that former President Trump is "rapidly recovering" following the July 13 shooting at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania and that there is "absolutely no evidence" he was hit with "anything other than a bullet." 

Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, who took issue with testimony given earlier this week by FBI Director Christopher Wray, said "I want to reassure the American people and the rest of the world, that President Trump is doing extremely well."

Jackson, who is Trump's former physician, said, "I have continued to monitor his health and well-being, along with his primary care physician, since the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, on the evening of July 13th.

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

Wray did not mention glass in his testimony. He said, "With respect to former President Trump, there is some question about whether it was a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear." 

After Jackson's letter was released, the FBI issued its own statement to Fox News Digital, "What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subject’s rifle."

"The would-be assassin fired multiple rounds from a relatively close distance using a high-powered rifle, with one bullet striking the former President, and now the Republican Nominee for President, in his right ear," Jackson continued.

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Trump raises his fist after being shot in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)

"As a former White House Physician for 14 years, who served during three presidential administrations, and served as the appointed physician for both President Obama and President Trump, I fully understand the global significance of this attempt on the life of the former President and the current Republican Nominee for President," Jackson added.

"As such, I want to reassure the American people and the rest of the world, that President Trump is doing extremely well," Jackson concluded. "He is rapidly recovering from the gunshot wound to his right ear. I will continue to be available to assist President Trump and his personal physician in any way they see fit and will provide updates as necessary and with the permission of President Trump."

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Trump is seen being escorted off the campaign event stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.   (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)

In an interview Thursday on FOX Business' "Kudlow," Jackson said it was "absolutely ridiculous" for Wray to suggest that Trump might not have been struck by a bullet.

"This degrades any level of credibility that this man may have had – after years of weaponizing the FBI and the DOJ against the president," Jackson said. "It was absolutely a bullet, I examined it. There was a track of a bullet."

Jackson also praised the creation of a bipartisan House task force to investigate the Trump assassination attempt.

Trump is pictured after being shot during the campaign rally. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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"We don't have any confidence in the number one law enforcement agency in this country right now. And if [Wray's] going to come make statements like that, he better have some evidence of what he's talking about," Jackson said. "There was no fractured glass on the teleprompters or anything else."

The FBI told Fox News Digital Thursday its priority was learning more about the reclusive would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, and his motive.

"Since the day of the attack, the FBI has been consistent and clear that the shooting was an attempted assassination of former President Trump which resulted in his injury, as well as the death of a heroic father and the injuries of several other victims," a spokesperson said. 

"FBI Director Wray provided extensive congressional testimony on Wednesday about the FBI’s investigation. This was a heinous attack and the FBI is devoting enormous resources to learn everything possible about the shooter and what led to his act of violence."

Fox News Digital is told the FBI's Shooting Reconstruction Team was still examining evidence from the scene – including recovered bullet fragments.