US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president in recent weeks, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN.
There’s no indication that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the would-be assassin who attempted to kill the former president on Saturday, was connected to the plot, the sources said.
The existence of the intelligence threat from a hostile foreign intelligence agency — and the enhanced security for Trump — raises new questions about the security lapses at the Saturday rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and how a 20-year-old man managed to access a nearby rooftop to fire shots that injured the former president.
It’s not clear whether the specifics of the Iran threat were shared with the Trump campaign, which said in a statement: “We do not comment on President Trump’s security detail. All questions should be directed to The United States Secret Service.”
The Secret Service recently “added protective resources and capabilities to the former President’s security detail,” agency spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement on Sunday.
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Just blame it on Iran. Hilarious.
@B4llotBoxCheetah2yrs2Y
No I think they mean there's an additional plan. I don't think Iran has a sleeper cell consisting of a 20 year old republican hick lol
@LobbyEmilyDemocrat2yrs2Y
The psychology behind this headline is questionable. Also, based on his donations to the biden administration and later republican registration, anyone with a handful of working braincells would deduce that he was actually a lefty
It’s becoming super obvious all political figures are scared Trump is going to rip all their agenda apart. So sad. We need to protect him at all costs.
Just blame it on Iran. Hilarious.
Just blame it on Iran. Hilarious.
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