Stolen Valor

Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, claims he was shot while deployed in Afghanistan. Sheehy sat down for an interview with MAGA journalist Megyn Kelly on Saturday, where he struggled to explain the shifting story behind his alleged gunshot injury. A national park ranger in Montana says that Sheehy actually shot himself at a park in the state in 2015.

Megyn Kelly asked in an interview with Sheehy released Friday if there were medical records to prove that he was not treated for a fresh gunshot wound at the emergency room.

Sheehy said: “There isn’t.”

However, Sheehy maintained to Kelly that he was shot, possibly by friendly fire, while in Afghanistan, and that he didn’t report it at the time to avoid an investigation into his unit.

He admits he told the ranger he accidentally shot himself. He now says he lied to the park ranger in 2015 after he fell dislodging the bullet from overseas.

The Senate candidate could not explain why the park ranger, Kim Peach, told the Post that she’d verified Sheehy’s firearm had been discharged on the day of the accident in the park in 2015. Nor did he explain why a gunshot had been reported by other park guests.