CNN reported on Tuesday, citing informed sources, that the United States received intelligence information from a source in the past few weeks about an Iranian plot to attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump.
The network said there was no indication that the 20-year-old who tried to assassinate Trump on Saturday was connected to the plot.
A CNN reporter on the X platform, citing a US national security official, said that the Secret Service and the Trump campaign were aware of the plot before the election rally held on Saturday.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told CNN that the service “recently added protective resources and capabilities to the former president’s security arrangements.”
The agency has not yet responded to a Reuters request for comment.
The device has come under scrutiny in recent days after the suspected gunman was able to reach the roof of a building unhindered and fire directly at Trump, hitting the former president in the ear, killing one bystander and wounding two others.
Source: Reuters
