Reports: Secret Service ramped up Trump security weeks ago over Iranian plot

Jul 17

Karah Rucker Anchor

By Karah Rucker (Anchor), Brock Koller (Senior Producer), Shea Taylor (Producer), Ian Kennedy (Lead Video Editor)

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.

Any attempt by Iran to assassinate President Trump would be an act of war.

Today, I spoke with @ErinBurnett on @CNN about the known and continuous threat that Iran has posed towards senior U.S. government officials. pic.twitter.com/PLV733NE8G
— US Rep. Mike Turner (@RepMikeTurner) July 16, 2024

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.

Tags: CNN, Donald Trump, Election security, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, National Security, Trump Organization, United States Secret Service

[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.