Investigators learned of the plan to kill president-elect Donald Trump from Farhad Shakeri, an accused Iranian government asset who spent time in American prisons for robbery.
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00:00The U.S. Justice Department has charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged
00:06plot to kill Donald Trump.
00:09Farhad Shaqeri, an alleged Iranian government asset, told investigators that a contact in
00:14the Revolutionary Guard instructed him in September to assemble a plan to kill Trump.
00:19Shaqeri told investigators his contact said that if he couldn't put together a plan within
00:24a seven-day time frame, the plot would be paused until after the election because the
00:28official assumed Trump would lose.
00:31Shaqeri told investigators he was cooperating in a bid to get a reduced prison sentence
00:36for an associate who's in prison in America.
00:39The U.S. government said Shaqeri hasn't been arrested and is believed to be in Iran.
00:44Iran's mission to the United Nations has declined to comment.
00:48And a spokesperson for Trump said the president-elect was aware of the plot and nothing will deter
00:52him from returning to the White House and restoring peace around the world.
00:58The U.S. Department of Justice has charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged
01:00plot to kill Donald Trump.
01:01Farhad Shaqeri, an alleged Iranian government asset, told investigators he was cooperating
01:03in a bid to get a reduced prison sentence for an associate who's in prison in America.