Andrew McCabe Says Trump Assassination Attempt Is ‘Even More Glaring’ After Iranian ‘Threat’

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said Tuesday that U.S. authorities reportedly being aware of an alleged Iran plot to kill former President Donald Trump makes Saturday’s assassination attempt “even more glaring.”

Intelligence on the alleged Iranian plot provided to U.S. authorities by a human source prompted the Secret Service to ramp up protections for Trump in the weeks leading up to the botched assassination, several people briefed on the matter told CNN. McCabe on “CNN News Central” said the apparent “mistakes” Secret Service made that enabled the Saturday shooting are increasingly conspicuous in light of their knowledge of the “threat environment.”

There is no known link between the alleged Iranian plot and the Saturday assassination attempt against Trump by Thomas Matthew Crooks, according to CNN. Crooks grazed Trump’s ear with a bullet while he was speaking at his rally, with critics decrying the incident as a failure by the Secret Service to secure the event.

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