Secret Service security was reportedly already ramped up around former President Donald Trump weeks before the Saturday, July 13 assassination attempt, after U.S. intelligence officials say they found evidence of an Iranian plot to kill him. According to multiple reports, the agency increased resources and assets for Trump’s protection in June.
So far, intelligence officials have found no ties between the shooting and the Iranian plot.
Iran denies the allegations, calling them “unsubstantiated and malicious.”
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Sources familiar with the matter say Iran has been making these types of threats since the former president Trump ordered the airstrike that killed Iranian military general Qasem Soleimani in January 2020.
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[KARAH RUCKER]
WE’RE LEARNING SECRET SERVICE SECURITY WAS ALREADY RAMPED UP AROUND TRUMP WEEKS BEFORE SATURDAY’S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT — AFTER U-S INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SAY THEY FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN IRANIAN PLOT TO KILL HIM.
THE AGENCY is said to have INCREASED RESOURCES IN JUNE.
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS say there are *NO* TIES BETWEEN LAST WEEKEND’S SHOOTING AND THE IRANIAN PLOT.
however IRAN DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS of any sort of assassination plot — CALLING THE accusations “UNSUBSTANTIATED.”
SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE threats SAY IRAN HAS BEEN MAKING THESE TYPES OF calls to take out trump SINCE THE FORMER PRESIDENT ORDERED THE AIRSTRIKE THAT KILLED IRANIAN MILITARY GENERAL — QASEM (kuh-SEEM) SOLEIMANI (soul-eh-MAH–nee) — IN JANUARY 20-20.
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