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U.S. intelligence uncovered an Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump weeks before the attempt on his life last Saturday, according to several media sources. In response to the threat, gleaned through a human intel asset, the Secret Service increased Trump’s security.
I have no doubt the threat was real. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been issuing threats against Trump since the U.S. pulled out of the Iranian nuclear deal in 2018. But if the report is true and Thomas Crooks was still able to climb atop a roof 130 yards from the stage where Trump was speaking and get off at least 10 rounds, then the Secret Service is in far worse condition than we have imagined.
President Biden’s National Security Council contacted the Secret Service to be sure it was tracking the threat and shared the information with the head of Trump’s security detail.
And Thomas Crooks, a known „person of suspicion“ to the Secret Service, was still able to climb atop a roof 130 yards from the stage where Trump was speaking and get off at least 10 rounds.
While the Secret Service was aware of the threat, the Trump campaign remained in the dark.
The Trump campaign was informed “in passing” by the Secret Service of a general uptick in threats against Mr. Trump but was not made aware of any specific dangers related to Iranian individuals or groups, according to a person briefed on the interactions between the campaign and Secret Service.
