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Forbes
Forbes
16 Jul 2024


The Secret Service boosted security for former President Donald Trump after learning about a suspected Iranian plot to assassinate him, multiple outlets reported on Tuesday—though the scheme appears to be unrelated to Saturday’s shooting targeting Trump at a Pennsylvania rally.

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The Secret Service boosted security measures for former President Donald Trump after reportedly ... [+] learning of a suspected Iranian assassination plot.

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Sources familiar with the matter told CNN and The New York Times U.S. authorities had gained intelligence about a possible plot in recent weeks by Iran, and ramped up security measures ahead of Trump’s planned rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Both outlets report there is no indication the Iranian plot was connected to Saturday’s shooting in which a bullet grazed Trump’s ear, which authorities say was carried out by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.

The Iranian plot reportedly stems from Trump’s 2020 order to kill Iran’s Major Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the former commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

This is a breaking story and will be updated.

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