On July 13, 2024, Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump, had a bloodied face during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, the United States. Pugh was assisted by the Secret Service.
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The United States has obtained intelligence in recent weeks that Iran plotted to assassinate former President Trump, three officials familiar with the matter said. nbc news Tuesday.
The intelligence prompted the U.S. Secret Service to increase security around Republican presidential candidate Trump, officials said.
These intelligence and heightened Secret Service protections come before Trump was the target of an assassination attempt at a campaign rally by 20-year-old gunman Thomas Crooks. pennsylvania Saturday.
CNN first reported the news The truth about the Iranian conspiracy, which raises more questions about the Secret Service’s failure to stop Crooks from firing from the roof of a nearby building. There are no known links between Crooks and the Iranian conspiracy.
“After learning of the increased threat, the (National Security Council) directly contacted senior (U.S. Secret Service) officials to ensure they continued to follow the latest reports,” a national security official told NBC News.
“The U.S. Marine Corps shared this information with the detail chief, and the Trump campaign became aware of the evolving threat,” the official said. “In response, the Secret Service increased resources and assets to protect former President Trump. . All this happened before Saturday.”
National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement that law enforcement authorities investigating Crooks’ shooting “have not discovered a connection between the shooter and any domestic or foreign co-conspirators or co-conspirators.”
“As we have said many times, we have been tracking Iranian threats against former Trump administration officials for years, dating back to the previous administration,” Watson said.
“These threats stem from Iran’s desire to avenge the killing of Qasem Soleimani. We consider this to be the highest national and homeland security priority,” she said.
Soleimani, then Iran’s most powerful general, was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq, in January 2020 when Trump was president.
Iran has previously been known to target other senior former Trump administration officials involved in the operation that led to Soleimani’s death, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former national security adviser John Bolton, so they remain in control Security details those episodes.
The Secret Service, which is charged with protecting former presidents and major presidential candidates, has faced heavy criticism for failing to stop Crooks from shooting Trump and rally attendees.
The shooting, which occurred two days before Trump was officially nominated as the Republican presidential nominee at the Republican convention in Milwaukee, left one man dead and two others seriously injured.
The agency said it was the responsibility of local Butler Township police to secure the building because it was outside the security “boundary” of the rally site, which is the responsibility of the Secret Service.
Secret Service Director Kimberly Chettle told ABC News that the shooting was “unacceptable… and it should never happen again.”
“The buck stops with me,” Chettle said.
But Chatel said she would not resign over the incident and that Congress would investigate the incident.
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