By Canadian Press

FBI thwarts Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump

Nov 8, 2024 | 9:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump before this week’s presidential election.

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

Eric Tucker, The Associated Press

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