Charges unsealed in alleged Iranian plot that included talk of killing Trump ||
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NEW YORK — Three men have been charged in connection with an alleged Iranian plot to kill people in the United States that included an apparent effort to assassinate Donald Trump while he campaigned for a second term in office, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Friday in the Southern District of New York.
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The complaint is based on a sworn account by an FBI agent that includes details from what are described as voluntary phone interviews with Farhad Shakeri, an Afghan national and alleged operative for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
While the most concrete aspects of the plot involved efforts to stalk and kill an Iranian dissident and target others, Shakeri — who is one of the three men charged — also allegedly told investigators he was assigned in September to try to find a way to surveil and kill Trump.
On Oct. 7, the anniversary of the Hamas massacre of Israelis last year in southern Israel, Shakeri was given a deadline to devise an assassination plan, the filing says. He told investigators that his Revolutionary Guard contacts paused the effort to try to kill Trump when Shakeri failed to come up with a solid plan of action. Shakeri said his handlers believed Trump would lose the election and that it would be easier to go after him once he had been defeated, according to the filing.
“President-Elect Trump is aware of the attempted assassination plot by the Iranian terrorist regime,” said Steven Cheung, communications director for Trump. “Nothing will deter President Trump from returning to the White House and restoring peace around the world.”
Shakeri’s co-defendants, Carlisle Rivera and Jonathan Loadholt, both New York City residents, are being held without bail after appearing before a magistrate judge in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Thursday.
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