The US government has charged three men in a foiled plot by the Iran regime to kill president-elect Donald Trump, highlighting yet another attempt on the Republican’s life.
: The US government has charged three men linked to a foiled plot by the Iran regime to kill president-elect Donald Trump, highlighting yet another attempt on the Republican’s life.
According to the indictment, Shakeri told Iranian officials that surveilling and ultimately killing Trump would cost a “huge” amount of money. In response, an official said “we have already spent a lot of money .. . o the money’s not an issue.” The US government has repeatedly warned that Iran may try to retaliate for a 2020 drone strike ordered during Trump’s first administration, which killed then-commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ Qods Force, Qasem Soleimani.Trump has previously been briefed by intelligence officials about the potential threat to his life and said in September that if he were president and another country threatened a US presidential candidate, it would risk being “blown to smithereens”.
However, according to court documents, prosecutors allege Shakeri – who took part in recorded conversations with law enforcement – was originally tasked by the Revolutionary Guard to carry out other assassinations against US and Israeli citizens in the US. In September, another man was arrested after the Secret Service spotted him with a rifle outside the Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach.
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