Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

DOJ charges three in Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump
https://www.cnn.com ^ | 11/8/2024 | By Hannah Rabinowitz

Posted on 11/08/2024 12:07:09 PM PST by bitt

The Justice Department on Friday announced federal charges against three people in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump before the presidential election.

According to court documents, Iranian officials asked one of the men charged, Farhad Shakeri, in September to focus on surveilling and ultimately assassinating Trump. Shakeri is still at large in Iran, the Justice Department said.

This is a newly disclosed plot and marks yet another alleged attempt on Trump’s life by the Iranian regime.

Prosecutors allege Shakeri – who participated in recorded conversations with law enforcement – was originally tasked by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps to carrying out other assassinations against US and Israeli citizens inside the US. But IRGC officials told Shakeri on October 7 to focus only on Trump, court documents say, and that he had seven days to formulate an assassination plan.

Shakeri, who is an Afghan national residing in Tehran, told investigators that if he was unable to do come up with a plan in that timeframe, the IRGC would wait until after the presidential election to move forward as they believed Trump would lose.

The two other individuals charged, Carlisle Rivera and Jonathon Loadholt, who are American citizens, were arrested in New York and are accused of helping the Iranian government surveil a separate US citizen of Iranian origin. They made their initial appearance in court on Thursday, the Justice Department said, and are being detained pending trial.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: assassination; trump
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-22 next last

1 posted on 11/08/2024 12:07:09 PM PST by bitt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

p


2 posted on 11/08/2024 12:07:24 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bitt

What? They’re suddenly going to pretend to be doing their job at DOJ/FBI?


3 posted on 11/08/2024 12:08:32 PM PST by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bitt

If this was sanctioned by Iran then it’s an act of war.


4 posted on 11/08/2024 12:09:38 PM PST by rexthecat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sirius Lee

Have you ever seen people at work with poor performance all year that get super productive just before performance appraisal time? I think this is the same thing.


5 posted on 11/08/2024 12:10:41 PM PST by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

Comment #6 Removed by Moderator

To: bitt

https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2024/11/iranian-trump-assassination-plot-charges-doj.pdf


7 posted on 11/08/2024 12:12:38 PM PST by Brown Deer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bitt

What was he doing here? Who let him in?


8 posted on 11/08/2024 12:13:48 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: rexthecat

“..If this was sanctioned by Iran then it’s an act of war....”

But....but.....surely you jest: the shadow POTUS, odongo, and ValJar are their loving friends. /s


9 posted on 11/08/2024 12:13:48 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created..." )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: bitt

Released on a Friday afternoon of a three day weekend.

If you ever wanted to bury a story…this is when you release it.

I think Biden really wants to start a war before he leaves office.


10 posted on 11/08/2024 12:14:01 PM PST by Vermont Lt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sirius Lee

They’re suddenly going to pretend to be doing their job at DOJ/FBI?“

The answer to your question is yes. These little worms are terrified now


11 posted on 11/08/2024 12:16:14 PM PST by gibsonguy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: bitt

“...were on the FBlie’s radar” since September

How convenient that the FBlie closed in after the election.


12 posted on 11/08/2024 12:16:32 PM PST by Z28.310 (does not comply well with others)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sirius Lee
What? They’re suddenly going to pretend to be doing their job at DOJ/FBI?

A not too clever way to make it look like they were not involved in the first two attempts. Not buying it.

13 posted on 11/08/2024 12:16:34 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: rexthecat
If this was sanctioned by Iran then it’s an act of war.

A little convenient, no? Trump will stop the war in Ukraine, so let's piss him off so he starts a new, 20-year war in Iran?

14 posted on 11/08/2024 12:16:45 PM PST by montag813
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: bitt

According to court documents, Iranian officials asked one of the men charged, Farhad Shakeri, in September to focus on surveilling and ultimately assassinating Trump. Shakeri is still at large in Iran, the Justice Department said.

This is a newly disclosed plot and marks yet another alleged attempt on Trump’s life by the Iranian regime.

Prosecutors allege Shakeri – who participated in recorded conversations with law enforcement .....

,.........

Law enforcement had recorded conversations with a guy at large in Iran?

Who wrote this script?


15 posted on 11/08/2024 12:19:47 PM PST by delchiante
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bitt

Oh I see. They suddenly arrested an assassination team just 3 days after the election. That’s not suspicious at all. /S


16 posted on 11/08/2024 12:20:49 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Seruzawa

They only got arrested cause they failed to do their job.

But what does that say about the Dems if this is all true.

Iran feels the love of the demoncratic party that it’s willing to try taking out Trump to preserve the relationship. They want the dems to give them their nukes, their funding and look the other way while the fund hamass, hezbollah, Islamic jihad, boka harom and every other evil Muslim terrorist in the world


17 posted on 11/08/2024 12:28:09 PM PST by pghbjugop
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: bitt

Trump will have 2 words for Bibi on the afternoon of January 20th: “Happy Hunting.”


18 posted on 11/08/2024 12:34:24 PM PST by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bitt

Why aren’t they cleaning out their desks? Trump needs to scrub every agency as deep as necessary to get rid of the crud.


19 posted on 11/08/2024 12:39:55 PM PST by Spok (To answer your question, Elon Musk is John Galt. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bitt; little jeremiah

Any of um in laws to john f’n kerry? How bout val jar?


20 posted on 11/08/2024 12:40:30 PM PST by thinden (Buckle up …..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-22 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson