Justice Department Brings Criminal Charges In Iranian Murder-For-Hire Plan Targeting Trump

6 weeks ago The Justice Department has unsealed criminal charges in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump before this week’s presidential election. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan alleges that an unnamed official in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard instructed a contact this past September to put together a plan to surveil and ultimately kill Trump. The plot reflects what federal officials have described as ongoing efforts by Iran to target U.S. government officials, including Trump, on U.S. soil. The charges were unsealed Friday, just days after Trump’s defeat of Democrat Kamala Harris.