US officials received information about an Iranian threat to former president Donald Trump, prompting the Secret Service to increase security around him ahead of last weekend’s failed assassination attempt, according to people familiar with the matter.
There are no indications that the attack on Trump by Thomas Crooks was connected to the Iranian plot, said US officials.
“As we have said many times, we have been tracking Iranian threats against former Trump administration officials for years, dating back to the last administration,” US National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said in a statement on Tuesday.
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