Exclusive: Secret Service ramped up security after intel of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump

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Published 2024-07-16
US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president in recent weeks, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN. There’s no indication that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the would-be assassin who attempted to kill the former president, was connected to the plot, the sources said. CNN’s Evan Perez reports. #CNN #News

All Comments (21)
  • I never thought I'd see the day the Secret Service decided to go on a PR tour.
  • Increased protection but they still left a rooftop unsecured less than 150m away from Trump. The secret service is a joke.
  • @normanbell1410
    So THAT was the enhanced, beefed up security force? Anticipating a foreign state attempt...but beat by a kid in jeans with a ladder in broad daylight! Wow.
  • @TrueNewb
    So this is their "upgraded" version of Secret Service and a 20 year old mouth breather still beat them?
  • @Phillip713
    What a joke. They fail protecting him and now say the secret service actually protected him even more because of this supposed plot
  • @egarza9241
    Police had taken picture 1/2 hour before shooting of suspicious person holding rangefinder. When attendees pointed out guy on roof, Secret Service had 86 seconds to respond.
  • @editorjohn8803
    Secret Service has lost its lustre. They won't ever be mentioned in Hollywood movies, unless it's a comedy. This one incident, with no one taking responsibility for the fiasco, will live on to tarnish the organization that was once considered highly respected. Now we know they're just a joke
  • @jbnOracle
    Is this off season April fool joke?
  • @tiagoj.m8194
    The secret service😅 more like the suspicious service
  • @Xcross40
    Lie, lie , lie. Someone is trying to cover her ass from Saturday’s failure.
  • @illaymartin
    Of course, they would say that to take attention away from their failure.
  • @plowe6751
    Did the ramping occur before or after the Thomas Mathew Crooks incident? If it was before, then that means Iran had it easy.
  • @taureviews
    "...from a human source." I think this guys an alien
  • @markmarcas6523
    What nonsense. Funny how Iranian plots are discovered in the most opportune time. Total BS
  • @fred5743
    They clearly want to divert attention from an internal suspicion... These people are liars