U.S. intelligence indicates foreign plot to kill Trump

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Published 2024-07-16

Three officials briefed on the matter say U.S. intelligence learned of an Iranian plot to kill former President Donald Trump, separate from the assassination attempt over the weekend in Pennsylvania. There has been growing scrutiny of the Secret Service after the shooting. NBC News' Stephanie Gosk reports.

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All Comments (21)

@lawandacontreras767 4 hours ago

So why didn’t secret service pull Trump off the stage after suspicious behavior was acknowledged? They have headphones to communicate! 🙄
@imho6315 3 hours ago

Us media is a joke 😂😂😂😂😂
@Hershizzle 4 hours ago

This wasn’t about the foreign plot at all
@ahmedmustafa8166 3 hours ago

The more they'd say foreign - the more obvious it's domestic.
@Oxol33 4 hours ago

Brought to you by the same people who told us Iraq had WMDs
@trunorth9243 3 hours ago

Increased security? Is this a joke?
@RK831 4 hours ago

Two questions. 1. Why was that rooftop unsecured? 2. How did Tommy Crooks know it was unsecured?
@arnoldpierre9230 4 hours ago

Lies and more lies...shameless people..
@wTrevorh 4 hours ago

This is garbage
@motionmustangs3143 3 hours ago

If That's Increased Security, I'm Glad I Can Protect Myself!
@mrrooster4876 3 hours ago

BS, Secret Service perimeter is a 1/2 mi. This was allowed to happen.
@13tomasito13 4 hours ago

Foreign plot ? Just looks more domestic than anything else.
@bcatbb2896 4 hours ago

I dont even like Trump and even i dont believe this nonsense
@TheNeverposts 4 hours ago

lol the roof was dangerously sloped
@kevinkevin4985 3 hours ago

So Crooks was a registered republican and an Iranian?
@HardRockMiner 4 hours ago

Yeah, the Iranians hired a 20 year old dishwasher from Pittsburgh 😂😅😂
@cubic9960 3 hours ago

Mainstream Media needs to be canceled.
@walterrumohr7090 3 hours ago

BS again.
@lukashrabovsky3516 3 hours ago

Which country are you gonna invade now?
@bryan973 3 hours ago

The Secret service failed no excuses