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US justice department files charges over alleged Iranian plot to kill Trump

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 8 November, 2024

Trump campaign said US officials warned him in September about suspected Iranian assassination plot

The US justice department is bringing criminal charges over an Iranian plot to kill the president-elect, Donald Trump , that was thwarted by the FBI, the government said.

The federal government has unsealed criminal charges in what the justice department said was a murder-for-hire plan to take out Trump before this week’s presidential election , which he won decisively over his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris .