Washington. In recent weeks, US intelligence officials had received intelligence from a person that Iran was plotting to assassinate Donald Trump. It is believed that this is being done to avenge the death of Iran’s General Qasim Suleimani. Due to which the Secret Service has increased security around the former President. According to a CNN report, many people associated with this matter said that there is no indication that Thomas Matthew Crooks’ attempt to assassinate former President Trump on Saturday was related to this conspiracy. Crooks fired at Trump and later the Secret Service personnel succeeded in shooting him dead on the spot.
However, it is being speculated that this was done by a hostile foreign intelligence agency. donald trump Despite the increased security after intelligence inputs about a threat to Trump’s life, how could such a deadly attack happen on him? This information raises new questions about the security lapses at the rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. How did a 20-year-old man manage to reach a rooftop near Trump’s rally and open fire, injuring the former president?
Meanwhile, a US national security official said that the Secret Service and Trump’s election campaign were aware of the threat before Saturday’s rally. The official told CNN that “the Secret Service was aware of the increasing level of this threat. Senior security officials responsible at the senior level were directly contacted and warned about this so that they could ensure that there is no laxity in Trump’s security.”
Seeing an emerging threat during Trump’s election campaign, the Secret Service had increased resources for the security of former President Trump. All this happened before Saturday. However, Trump’s election campaign did not reveal whether it was aware of the threat related to Iran. Trump’s election campaign said in a statement that ‘We do not comment on Trump’s security arrangements. All such questions should be asked to the United States Secret Service.’
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FIRST PUBLISHED : July 17, 2024, 07:42 IST