FBI thwarts Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump

Eric Tucker

November 08 2024 08:58 AM

FBI thwarts Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump | iNFOnews.ca — Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump watches a video screen at a campaign rally at the Salem Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Salem, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Original Publication Date: November 8, 2024 8:58AM

Publication Updated: April 11, 2025 4:01PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump before this week’s presidential election.

A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan alleges that an unnamed official in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard instructed a contact this past September to put together a plan to surveil and ultimately kill Trump.

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