CNN is reporting U.S. intelligence agencies received intel in recent weeks about an assassination threat against Donald Trump from Iran, which apparently led to the Secret Service to increase security around the Donald. And yet…the shooting at Trump’s rally on Saturday still happened…?
Exclusive: Secret Service had ramped up security after receiving intel on an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump; no known connection to Saturday shooting https://t.co/YQrUYp2n53
— CNN (@CNN) July 16, 2024
From 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.
A US national security official said the Secret Service and Trump campaign were made aware of the threat before Saturday’s rally.
The alleged plot is thought to be a revenge murder for the strike ordered by Trump in 2020 that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the Iranian security and intelligence commander.
BREAKING: U.S. officials confirm intel on Iranian plot to assassinate Trump; no known connection to Saturday shooting. pic.twitter.com/M3rDUmGSgZ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 16, 2024
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