OAN Staff Sophia Flores
10:05 AM – Friday, November 8, 2024
An Iranian asset and two others have been charged in a plot to assassinate 47th President-elect Donald Trump.
On Friday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged three suspects named Farhad Shakeri, Carlisle Rivera, and Jonathan Loadholt with murder-for-hire.
Loadholt and Rivera are currently behind bars. Shakeri is still at large in Iran.
According to U.S. court documents, the individuals were hired to kill the now President-elect by an individual they met in prison who keeps “a network of criminal associates … to supply the IRGC with operatives.”
Prosecutors allege that Shakeri was originally tasked by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to assassinate American and Israeli citizens inside of the United States.
However, on October 7th, according to court papers, he was directed to focus solely on assassinating Trump. The IRSG gave him seven days to come up with a successful assassination plan.
It is believed that Iran may be trying to retaliate against the U.S. for the drone strike that killed a top general in the IRGC, Gen. Qasem Soleimani, by trying to kill Trump, who had ordered the strike during his first term in office.
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