Tag: Crime
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Read the Trump Assassination Plot Criminal Complaint
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – V. – FARHAD SHAKERI, CARLISLE RIVERA, a/k/a “Pop,” and JONATHAN LOADHOLT, COMPLAINT Violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(h), 1958, 2339B, 3238 & 2; 50 U.S.C. § 1705 24 MAG 3904 Defendants. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, ss.: MATHEW CHRUSZ, being duly…
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Charge over alleged Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump
Officials have charged a man over an alleged Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump before the presidential election, the US Justice Department has revealed. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan alleges that an unnamed official in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) instructed a contact in September to put together a plan…
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US presses charges in alleged Iran IRGC plot to kill Trump: What we know
The United States Department of Justice announced it is pressing criminal charges after the FBI uncovered an Iran-backed plan to surveil and assassinate US citizens including President-elect Donald Trump. According to a Friday press release from the DOJ, three men were charged in the Southern District of New York in connection with a plot to murder…
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US charges Iranian man in plot to kill Donald Trump
Justice Department charges Farhad Shakeri with material support for terrorism and murder-for-hire US President-elect Donald Trump dances on stage after speaking at a campaign rally at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 4 November 2024 (Charly Triballeau/AFP) Published date: 8 November 2024 20:35 GMT | Last update: 4 sec ago The US Justice Department on Friday…
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Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump was ordered on anniversary of October 7 attack in revenge for killing general | The Sun
AN Iranian agent has been charged with plotting to kill Donald Trump in an assassination that would have shaken the world. US prosecutors say the rogue state told ex-con Farhad Shakeri — said to be hiding in Tehran — to devise a seven-day plan to spy on and murder him. 12 An Iranian agent has…
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US charges man allegedly tasked by Iran to plot Trump killing pre-election
Iranian citizen tapped to create plan to assassinate former president, DOJ alleges, although he never followed through. The United States Department of Justice has unsealed criminal charges against a man allegedly tasked by Iran with “surveilling and plotting to assassinate” Donald Trump before the presidential election. The criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan…
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Antisemitic Attacks Target Israeli Soccer Fans in Amsterdam
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at anti-Jewish violence in the Netherlands, global concerns ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, and China’s new stimulus measures. ‘Hit-and-Run Squads’ Overnight antisemitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam left at least five people hospitalized on Friday. According to the Israeli Embassy in the…
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US Files Charges Over Iranian Plot To Assassinate Donald Trump Before Election Day
Topline Three people have been charged with being tasked by Iran to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump and others before Election Day, the Justice Department announced Friday, months after Trump—the target of two unrelated assassination attempts—claimed there were threats against his life coming from Iran. The president-elect, who was targeted in two unrelated assassination attempts, claimed…
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Iranian asset, 2 others charged in plot to assassinate Trump, DOJ says
The Justice Department says it has thwarted an Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump in the leadup to the election. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in New York City says an unnamed official in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps had asked Farhad Shakeri, 51, of Iran, in September to “focus on surveilling,…
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Iranian charged in alleged plot to kill Trump during campaign
The US government brought charges against an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate Donald Trump before he was elected the next president. The Department of Justice on Friday unsealed an indictment against Farhad Shakeri, 51, alleging he was tasked with “providing a plan” to kill Trump. The US government said Mr…
