The Justice Department announced charges against an asset of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps for allegedly plotting to surveil and assassinate Donald Trump before the presidential election at the direction of Iranian officials. Prosecutors allege that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps initially directed Farhad Shakeri to plan assassinations of U.S. and Israeli citizens but later instructed him to prioritize an assassination plot against Trump ahead of the election. Attorney General Merrick Garland condemned the IRGC’s threat to national security. Iran dismissed the allegations as baseless.
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00:02The Justice Department announced charges against an assent of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
00:07for allegedly plotting to surveil and assassinate Donald Trump
00:11before the presidential election and the direction of Iranian officials.
00:15Prosecutors allege that Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
00:18initially directed Farhad Shaqiri to plan assassinations of US and Israeli citizens,
00:24but later instructed him to prioritize an assassination plot against Trump ahead of
00:29the election. Attorney General Merrick Garland condemned the IRGC's threat to national security.
00:35Iran dismisses the allegations as baseless.
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