{"id":123746,"date":"2024-11-09T06:20:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T23:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123746"},"modified":"2024-11-09T06:20:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T23:20:25","slug":"unsealed-charges-reveal-thwarted-iranian-plot-to-kill-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123746","title":{"rendered":"Unsealed charges reveal thwarted Iranian plot to kill Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Justice Department on Friday disclosed an Iranian murder-for-hire plot to kill <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span>, charging a man who said he had been tasked by a government official before this week\u2019s election with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators were told of the plan to kill Trump by Farhad Shakeri, an accused Iranian government asset who spent time in American prisons for robbery and who authorities say maintains a network of criminal associates enlisted by Tehran for surveillance and murder-for-hire plots.<\/p>\n<p>Shakeri told the FBI that a contact in Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard instructed him this past September to set aside other work he was doing and assemble a plan within seven days to surveil and ultimately kill Trump, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in federal court in Manhattan. <\/p>\n<p>The official was quoted by Shakeri as saying that \u201cWe have already spent a lot of money\u201d and that \u201cmoney\u2019s not an issue.\u201d Shakeri told investigators the official told him that if he could not put together a plan within the seven-day timeframe, then the plot would be paused until after the election because the official assumed Trump would lose and that it would be easier to kill him then, the complaint said.<\/p>\n<p>Shakeri is at large and remains in Iran. Two other men were arrested on charges that Shakeri recruited them to follow and kill <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-murderforhire-human-rights-alinejad-1c12a0add2181238568109754f5ed6bd\">prominent Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad<\/a><\/span>, who has endured multiple Iranian murder-for-hire plots foiled by law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very shocked,\u201d said Alinejad, speaking by telephone to The Associated Press from Berlin, where she was about to attend a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the tearing down of the wall. \u201cThis is the third attempt against me and that\u2019s shocking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a post on the social media platform X, she said: \u201cI came to America to practice my First Amendment right to freedom of speech \u2014 I don\u2019t want to die. I want to fight against tyranny, and I deserve to be safe. Thank you to law enforcement for protecting me, but I urge the U.S. government to protect the national security of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for the two other defendants, identified as Jonathan Loadholt and Carlisle Rivera, did not immediately return messages seeking comment. Iran\u2019s U.N. Mission declined to comment. <\/p>\n<p>Shakeri, an Afghan national who immigrated to the U.S. as a child but was later deported after spending 14 years in prison for robbery, also told investigators that he was tasked by his Revolutionary Guard contact with plotting the killings of two Jewish-Americans living in New York and Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka. Officials say he overlapped with Rivera while in prison as well as an unidentified co-conspirator.<\/p>\n<p>The criminal complaint says Shakeri disclosed some of the details of the alleged plots in a series of recorded telephone interviews with FBI agents while in Iran. The stated reason for his cooperation, he told investigators, was to try to get a reduced prison sentence for an associate behind bars in the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>According to the complaint, though officials determined that some of the information he provided was false, his statements regarding a plot to kill Trump and Iran\u2019s willingness to pay large sums of money were determined to be accurate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about the 2024 election: The latest: White evangelical voters showed steadfast support for Donald Trump in the election, and some supporters of Kamala Harris are attributing some of the blame for her loss to President Joe Biden. Balance of power: Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate, giving the GOP a major power center in Washington. Control over the House of Representatives is still up for grabs. AP VoteCast: Trump slightly expanded his coalition to include several groups that have traditionally been a part of the Democratic base. AP journalists break down the voter data. Voto a voto: Sigue la cobertura de AP en espa\u00f1ol de las elecciones en EEUU.News outlets globally count on the AP for accurate U.S. election results. Since 1848, the AP has been calling races up and down the ballot. Support us. Donate to the AP.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about the 2024 election:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>News outlets globally count on the AP for accurate U.S. election results. Since 1848, the AP has been calling races up and down the ballot. Support us. <\/i><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/donate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Donate to the AP<\/i><\/a><\/span><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The plot, announced by the Justice Department just days after Trump\u2019s defeat of Democrat Kamala Harris, is part of what federal officials have described as ongoing efforts by Iran to target U.S. government officials, including Trump, on U.S. soil. Last summer, for instance, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-pakistan-murderforhire-trump-justice-department-5a3abe0895ae7c2be14f89fc4e49bc53\">the Justice Department charged a Pakistani man with ties to Iran<\/a><\/span> in a murder-for-hire plot targeting American officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are few actors in the world that pose as grave a threat to the national security of the United States as does Iran,\u201d Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement Friday. FBI Director Christopher Wray said the case shows Iran\u2019s \u201ccontinued brazen attempts to target U.S. citizens,\u201d including Trump, \u201cother government leaders and dissidents who criticize the regime in Tehran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-fbi-election-interference-dni-ae96f57f438772dac08e076be7aa4904\">Iranian operatives also conducted a hack-and-leak operation<\/a><\/span> of emails belonging to Trump campaign associates in what officials have assessed was an effort to interfere in the presidential election and harm Trump\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Intelligence officials have said Iran opposed Trump\u2019s reelection, seeing him as more likely to increase tension between Washington and Tehran. Trump\u2019s administration <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-america-donald-trump-ap-top-news-politics-iran-cead755353a1455bbef08ef289448994\">ended a nuclear deal with Iran<\/a><\/span>, reimposed sanctions and ordered the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-politics-government-iraq-qassim-soleimani-3353602bd30e683afec45d8c78196886\">killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani<\/a><\/span>, an act that prompted Iran\u2019s leaders to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-ap-top-news-tehran-international-news-iraq-e36db7c72c1adba1a6cae75091bc273d\">vow revenge<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said the president-elect was aware of the assassination plot and nothing will deter him \u201cfrom returning to the White House and restoring peace around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>____<\/h2>\n<p>Neumeister reported from New York. Associated Press writers Zeke Miller and Edith M. 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