{"id":291509,"date":"2024-07-19T06:15:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T06:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=291509"},"modified":"2024-07-20T05:44:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T05:44:49","slug":"us-officials-have-gathered-increasing-amount-of-intel-about-iran-plotting-to-assassinate-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=291509","title":{"rendered":"US officials have gathered increasing amount of intel about Iran plotting to assassinate Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Erin Banco \u2013 Politico.com July 16, 2024\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The U.S. intelligence community has received an increasing amount of evidence to suggest that Iran is actively working on plots to kill former President Donald Trump, potentially in the lead up to the election in November.<\/p>\n

Two senior U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence said the Biden administration has gathered information from various sources, including human sources, on threats from Tehran that are linked to physical acts of violence \u2014 acts that could kill Trump, they said, without providing further details.<\/p>\n

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A burning vehicle at Baghdad International Airport shortly after the US drone strike that killed Qassem Soleimani. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Iran has for years considered a plan to get back at Trump for his killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in 2020. But the officials said the intelligence has ratcheted up in recent months and officials have become more confident in Tehran\u2019s intentions. They also said there may be more attempts on Trump\u2019s life in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Both officials were granted anonymity to speak about sensitive intelligence.<\/p>\n

CNN previously reported that the U.S. received intelligence about an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump before Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, tried to kill the former president at his rally in Pennsylvania Saturday. The two officials stressed to POLITICO that there was no evidence Saturday\u2019s shooting had a connection to Iran.<\/p>\n

The Office for the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment. The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have repeatedly and consistently briefed the public and Congress on the existence of these threats. We have repeatedly met at the highest levels of our government to develop and implement a comprehensive response to these threats,\u201d said NSC spokesperson Adrienne Watson. \u201cWe have invested extraordinary resources in developing additional information about these threats, disrupting individuals involved in these threats \u2026 and directly warning Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

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IRGC commander Gen Soleimani pictured in Syria with Iraqi Shia fighters near Aleppo. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Iran has traditionally posed threats to U.S. elections, primarily through online misinformation and influence campaigns. U.S. officials have, over the years, warned against Tehran\u2019s attempts to influence American elections and taken action to punish those responsible<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On July 9, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines made a rare public statement pointing out Iran\u2019s involvement in U.S. protests related to Gaza.<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian government actors have sought to opportunistically take advantage of ongoing protests regarding the war in Gaza, using a playbook we\u2019ve seen other actors use over the years,\u201d Haines said. \u201cWe have observed actors tied to Iran\u2019s government posing as activists online, seeking to encourage protests, and even providing financial support to protesters.\u201d<\/p>\n

While officials have long tracked Iran\u2019s anger following the Soleimani strike, physical threats of violence emanating from Tehran \u2014 those that can be corroborated and verified \u2014 are somewhat unusual.<\/p>\n

One of the officials said it was clear from the intelligence the U.S. has gathered that Iran is actively plotting \u2014 and the administration was working to try and thwart such attacks. Still, Iranian operatives remain a concern for intelligence and national security officials \u2014 many of whom are part of organizations, such as Hezbollah, that have the capability to carry out large-scale attacks on Americans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Insiders have informed Politico that Iran may be planning to assassinate Donald Trump, in revenge for the murder General Soleimni during Trump\u2019s last term. Of course, this doesn\u2019t rule out the involvement of deep state actors, who maybe trying to duplicitiously pin the blame on Iran. Either way a much bigger conflict could ensue <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51,143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Iran","category-trump-attepted-assassination"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=291509"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291540,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291509\/revisions\/291540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=291509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=291509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=291509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}