US intelligence agencies received information about iranian conspiracy to kill the former president and Republican candidate, Donald Trump (2017-2021), a few weeks before the attack last Saturday, they confirmed EFE sources familiar with the situation.

These sources stressed that There is no connection between this Iranian plan and the assassination attempt on Trump.that occurred Saturday at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a 20-year-old man shot the former president, hitting him in the ear and killing one of those present at the event.

While there is no obvious connection, the Secret Service stepped up security for the former president during Saturday’s attack because It is precisely these threats from IranThese sources are described in detail.

So the question now is why those extra measures that were taken because of the Iranian plot did not prevent the attacker from carrying out the attack. identified as Thomas Matthew Crooksclimbed onto the roof and fired several shots before being shot dead by Secret Service agents.

As stated EFE A top national security official, after discovering the threat, warned the White House of additional danger to both the Trump campaign and the Secret Service, which took additional measures to protect the former president.

This was reported by the official representative of the National Security Council, Adrienne Watson. EFE What Iran has been threatening US officials for years in retaliation for the attack Trump ordered in 2020 that ended the life of General Qassem Soleimani, the former head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force.

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Because of these threats, former senior Trump administration officials those involved in this operation still have an escortThey include former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former White House National Security Adviser John Bolton.

“As we have stated repeatedly, we have been monitoring Iranian threats against former Trump administration officials for many years. These threats stem from Iran’s desire avenge the death of Qasem Soleimani“We view this as a national security issue of the utmost priority,” Watson said.

The spokesman also assured that no connection had been established between the man who shot Trump and other possible foreign agents.

According to the FBI, which is leading the investigation, the attacker acted alone and used an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle legally purchased by his father.

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The Secret Service is currently under intense scrutiny for possible failures and what They allowed an assassination attempt on Trump, The first such incident since then-President Ronald Reagan’s time occurred in 1981.

The US government said that will conduct an independent investigation of the faults and that it beefed up Trump’s security apparatus and provided Secret Service agents to independent candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. (EFE)