Two arrested for alleged Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump during campaign
The three men are accused of taking part in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Trump during the campaign. And, according to a person familiar with the investigation cited by The Washington Post, two men are in custody and facing conspiracy charges: Carlisle Rivera, 49, of Brooklyn, and Jonathan Loadholt, 36, of Staten Island.
Rivera and Loadholt appeared before a federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday and were ordered detained until trial. His lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Indeed, US federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges for an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump that was foiled by the FBI, the Associated Press reports: These are the criminal charges for an alleged murder-for-hire plot. Trump ahead of the week’s presidential election, in which he won over his Democratic rival Kamala Harris.
The criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan alleges that Farhad Shakeri, a suspected Afghan agent of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG), began attempting to assassinate Trump in mid- to late September. The complaint was filed this Friday. According to the complaint, on October 7, the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, Shakeri was given a deadline to come up with a plan to assassinate Trump.
According to an FBI agent’s description included in court documents, Shakeri told investigators that his contacts believed Trump would lose the election and that it would be easy to go after him after he lost.
According to The New York Times, federal prosecutors reported in their complaint that the contacted agent responded to the Revolutionary Guard member that the plan would cost a “huge” amount of money, to which the IRGC member responded: “We’ve already spent that.” Have spent a lot of money, money is not a problem.”
The New York newspaper also reports that the complaint also includes details that US authorities had foiled another plot to assassinate Masih Alinejad, a Brooklyn-based human rights activist who has long condemned Iran’s repression against women. Was.
According to prosecutors, Farhad Shakeri, 51, was in charge of carrying out the plan to assassinate Trump and Alinejad. Prosecutors said he was a fugitive and was believed to live in Iran.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said, “The charges announced today highlight Iran’s sustained and brazen efforts to target American citizens, including President-elect Donald Trump, other government leaders, and critics of the regime in Tehran.” “And attackers will attack and shoot Americans on American soil and that will not be tolerated.”
In September, US intelligence services informed Trump about an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate him, his campaign said at the time. According to sources cited by American media, the report of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI, in its short form in English) mentions a plan related to two failed assassination attempts against the then-Republican candidate for president. And this comes amid reports that Iran is carrying out hacks against the Trump campaign.
The campaign then said that the information provided “related to actual and specific threats by Iran to assassinate (Trump) in an effort to create instability and spread chaos in the United States.”