There has been a conspiracy theory on the left, fueled in part by a speculative comment from FBI Director Chris Wray, that former President Donald Trump was not actually hit in the ear by a bullet during the would-be assassination attempt on his life at a July 13 rally in Pennsylvania.

Trump's doctor, however, former White House physician turned U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) personally examined the former president and confirmed that he'd suffered a gunshot wound to his right ear, according to the Associated Press.

Jackson also separately called out the FBI and Wray for promoting the conspiratorial rumor that Trump hadn't been shot and helped compel the bureau to later also confirm that, yes, the former president was struck with a bullet and not a piece of glass or shrapnel.

Jackson's assessment of Trump's wound and recovery

On July 20, one week after the Trump rally shooting, Rep. Jackson released a memo update on the former president's health and wellbeing and said that he was "doing well" after having "sustained a gunshot wound to the right ear from a high-powered rifle used by the would-be assassin."

"The bullet passed, coming less than a quarter of an inch from entering his head, and struck the top of his right ear," the doctor-turned-congressman wrote. "The bullet track produced a 2 cm wide wound that extended down to the cartilaginous surface of the ear. There was initially significant bleeding, followed by marked swelling of the entire upper ear."

Jackson said the swelling had gone down and the wound had begun to "heal properly" but noted that "intermittent bleeding" necessitated the continued use of a bandage.

He also praised the "excellent job" of the medical staff at the Butler Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania and the "outstanding care" they provided in evaluating and treating the wound, including a thorough check for additional injuries that involved a CT scan of Trump's head.

"In summary, former President Trump is doing well, and he is recovering as expected from the gunshot wound sustained last Saturday afternoon," Jackson added. "I am extremely thankful his life was spared. It is an absolute miracle he wasn't killed."

Wray fuels leftist conspiracy theories

Just a few days later, however, Mediaite reported that Rep. Jackson was forced to don his physician's hat once more to provide an additional update on former President Trump's health and to set the record straight after FBI Director Wray sparked more confusion and conspiracy theories during his congressional testimony.

Wray told lawmakers during a Wednesday hearing, "I think with respect to former President Trump there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that, you know, hit his ear."

Jackson initially exploded with an X post in which he wrote, "ABSOLUTELY IRRESPONSIBLE for Chris Wray to make such a statement as Director of the FBI. Another POLITICALLY MOTIVATED move by the man that has repeatedly weaponized his office to tear down President Trump. What little credibility he may have left is GONE after recklessly suggesting Trump might not have been hit from a bullet. IT WAS A BULLET -- I’VE SEEN THE WOUND! PATHETIC!!!"

A day later, he issued another update that noted how the hospital's initial assessment was that Trump had suffered a gunshot wound, that he concurred with that assessment based on his experience as a combat physician in Iraq, and urged Congress to "correct the record" following Wray's "wrong and inappropriate" suggestion otherwise.

FBI later confirms it was a bullet, and not glass or shrapnel, that struck Trump

According to Politico, it wasn't necessarily Congress that ultimately corrected the record but rather FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate, who testified on Tuesday and told lawmakers, "There is absolutely no doubt in the FBI’s mind whether former President Trump was hit with a bullet and wounded in the ear. No doubt, there never has been."

That bolstered a statement released by the FBI on Friday that confirmed that "what struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces."