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DOJ unseals criminal charges in thwarted Iranian plot to kill President-elect Trump

Headline from FOX 35 Orlando

A criminal complaint filed in a Manhattan federal court alleges that an unnamed official in Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard instructed a contact to put together a plan to surveil and ultimately kill Donald Trump.

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  1. FOX 35 Orlando

    DOJ unseals criminal charges in thwarted Iranian plot to kill President-elect Trump (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    A criminal complaint filed in a Manhattan federal court alleges that an unnamed official in Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard instructed a contact to put together a plan to surveil and ultimately kill Donald Trump.

  2. WUSA9

    DOJ says law enforcement foiled an Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Trump (opens WUSA9)

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    "There are few actors in the world that pose as grave a threat to the national security of the United States as does Iran,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said.

  3. KVIA El Paso

    DOJ charges three in Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department on Friday announced federal charges against three people in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump before the presidential election. According to court documents, Iranian officials asked one of the men charged, Farhad Shakeri, in Septemb…

  4. Legal Insurrection

    DOJ Foiled Iranian Assassination Plot Against Trump (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    The three men also targeted an Iranian-American activist and two Jewish Americans.

  5. Fox News

    Iranian asset, 2 others charged in plot to assassinate Trump, DOJ says (opens Fox News)

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    The Justice Department says it has thwarted an Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump in the leadup to the election.

  6. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    DOJ announces charges in Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department on Friday announced federal charges in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump before the presidential election. According to court documents, Iranian officials asked Farhad Shakeri, 51, in September to focus on surveilling and ultimately…

  7. Newsweek

    DOJ brings criminal charges in thwarted Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump (opens Newsweek)

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    The Justice Department has brought charges related to a plot to kill the president-elect.

  8. WHDH Boston

    DOJ charges three in Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    (CNN) — The Justice Department on Friday announced federal charges against three people in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump before the presidential election.According to court

  9. Washington Examiner

    Three men indicted over Iranian plot to kill Trump before election (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The DOJ charged three people in connection to an alleged plot that originated in Iran to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump before the 2024 election.

  10. Townhall

  11. UPI

    DOJ charges Iranian man in alleged plot to assassinate Trump, others on U.S. soil (opens UPI)

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    Federal authorities on Friday revealed murder-for-hire charges against an Iranian man accused of acting on behalf of a terrorist organization in a plot to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump.

  12. Breitbart News

    DOJ: Iran Recruited Agent to Plot Trump Assassination (opens Breitbart News)

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    The Department of Justice has accused a man of "actively targeting" President-elect Donald Trump and others for assassination on Iran's behalf.

  13. Delaware Public Media

    DOJ brings charges in an alleged Iranian murder-for-hire plot against Trump (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Federal prosecutors charged a man who said he had been tasked by a contact in Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect.

  14. RedState

  15. Salon

    DOJ alleges Iran plotted to assassinate Trump (opens Salon)

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    An Iranian man was commissioned by the Revolutionary Guard to kill Donald Trump in October, the DOJ alleges

  16. Delaware Public Media

    DOJ announces charges against Afghan national allegedly hired by Iran to kill Trump (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    The DOJ announced charges against an Afghan national who allegedly was directed by Iran’s government to draw up a plan to assassinate Donald Trump. Prosecutors say he was involved in other schemes.

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