WASHINGTON (AP) Nearly two weeks after Donald Trumps near assassination , the FBI confirmed Friday that it was indeed a bullet that struck the former presidents ear, moving to clear up conflicting accounts about what caused the former presidents injuries after a gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania rally.

What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subjects rifle, the agency said in a statement.

The one-sentence statement from the FBI marked the most definitive law enforcement account of Trumps injuries and followed ambiguous comments earlier in the week from Director Christopher Wray that appeared to cast doubt on whether Trump had actually been hit by a bullet.

The comment drew fury from Trump and his allies and further stoked conspiracy theories that have flourished on both sides of the political aisle amid a dearth of information following the July 13 attack.

Up until now, federal law enforcement agents involved in the investigation, including the FBI and Secret Service, had refused to provide information about what caused Trumps injuries. Trumps campaign has also declined to release medical records from the hospital where he was first treated or to make the doctors there available for questions.