Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump with his bloodied face is assisted by the Secret Service as multiple shots rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024.
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The United States obtained intelligence about an Iranian plot to assassinate former President Donald Trump in recent weeks, three officials briefed on the matter told NBC News on Tuesday.
That intelligence led the U.S. Secret Service to increase security around Trump, who is the Republican presidential nominee, the officials said.
The intelligence and boosted security occurred before Trump was targeted Saturday in an attempted assassination by a 20-year-old man in Pennsylvania at a campaign rally.
CNN first reported the news of the Iranian plot.
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