US justice department files charges over alleged Iranian plot to kill Trump

Trump campaign said US officials warned him in September about suspected Iranian assassination plot. The US justice department is bringing criminal charges over an Iranian plot to kill the ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

US charges man over alleged Iranian plot to kill Trump

The US government alleges Iran's Revolutionary Guard tasked an Afghan national to devise a plan to kill Trump.

Justice Department unseals alleged Iranian plot to kill Trump

The Justice Department on Friday revealed an alleged Iranian plot to kill President-elect Trump during his campaign this fall. A newly unsealed criminal complaint reveals that Farhad Shakeri, 51, ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Justice Department files charges in murder-for-hire scheme targeting Donald Trump

The Department of Justice announced charges against an Iranian man and two others in a plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump.

Politics - NBC News - 5 days ago

Charges filed in Iranian murder-for-hire plot against Trump

Two men are in federal custody and a third is wanted in connection with what authorities are calling an Iranian murder-for-hire plot against President-elect Donald Trump. Prosecutors allege one of ...

Top stories - CBS News - 5 days ago

Iranian general charged in alleged plot to kill New York-based journalist

Federal prosecutors said Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general Ruhollah Bazghandi orchestrated a failed plot to kill a New York-based Iranian journalist in 2022.

Justice Department files charges in murder-for-hire scheme targeting Trump

The Department of Justice charged an Iranian man in a murder-for-hire plot to assassinate President-elect Trump while he was still a candidate and two others in a plot to kill an American ...

US alleges Iranian man was hired to plot Trump assassination

Officials describe Tehran’s ‘brazen attempts’ to target critics of the regime

Business - Financial Times - 5 days ago

Iranian Agents Plotted to Kill Trump, U.S. Says in Unsealed Charges

The allegation came in a complaint that said Masih Alinejad, a Brooklyn activist, had been the target of a second assassination attempt.

Top stories - The New York Times - 4 days ago

Iranian American human rights activist expresses defiance over Iranian plots to kill her and Trump

A prominent Iranian American human rights activist has expressed shock but also defiance about Iranian murder-for-hire plots to kill her and Donald Trump that were disclosed by the U.S. Justice ...

World - ABC News - 4 days ago

Military officials reportedly discuss how to handle illegal orders from Trump – live

Pentagon officials discuss what to do if Trump were to attempt to deploy the military domestically, CNN reports. Nancy Pelosi says Biden’s delay in exiting race blew Democrats’ chances ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

2 New York Men Charged in Monthslong Plot to Kill Iranian Activist

The men were receiving orders from a third man, who was working as an Iranian operative and was also involved in a plot to assassinate Donald J. Trump, federal prosecutors said.

Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago

Iranian general charged in plot to murder US-based dissident journalist

Justice department says eight were charged ‘for their efforts to silence and kill a US citizen because of her criticism of the Iranian regime’. A general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has been ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

What we know about the alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Trump

The Department of Justice has revealed criminal charges in connection with a failed Iranian plot to kill U.S. officials, including President-elect Donald Trump. The DOJ named three individuals in a ...

Top stories - CBS News - 5 days ago

Iranian operative charged for Trump assassination plot, court records reveal

An operative for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was tasked with "surveilling, and, ultimately, assassinating" Donald Trump, according to court records. Prosecutors say Farhad Shakeri was ...

Top stories - CBS News - 5 days ago

DOJ announces charges in Iranian murder-for-hire plot against Trump

The Justice Department disclosed an Iranian murder-for-hire plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump, announcing charges against three men. Two are in federal custody, and the third is believed to ...

Harvard donations drop sharply in wake of criticism over Israel protests

Donors and alumni cut gifts to west’s wealthiest university by 14% to below $1bn with endowment fund taking brunt of hit

World - Financial Times - October 17

Metals trader IXM bids to become China’s answer to Glencore

Chief executive Kenny Ives reshapes CMOC-owned firm and expands into lithium trading

World - Financial Times - October 18

Bondholders could make $14bn from emerging market restructurings, says Debt Justice

Campaign group says debt resolution in countries from Ghana to Ukraine means potential big profits for investors

World - Financial Times - October 18

Iran Revolutionary Guard officer charged in plot to kill American author in US

The Justice Department unsealed an indictment against four Iranian officials Tuesday for their alleged involvement in a murder-for-hire targeting Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad. Among ...

Politics - The Hill - October 22

US charges Indian official over thwarted New York assassination plot

Move comes just days after Canada and India expel diplomats over killing of Sikh activist

Business - Financial Times - October 17

3 charged in Iran-linked plot to kill Donald Trump

Three individuals living in the U.S. have been charged in connection to an apparent plan to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, unsealed court records show. Jon Alterman, senior vice ...

Top stories - CBS News - 5 days ago

U.S. Charges Iranian Revolutionary Guards Official in Assassination Plot

The failed plot to kill Masih Alinejad, a human-rights activist, had already led to murder-for-hire charges against members of an Eastern European criminal organization with ties to Iran.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 22

House Republicans, Justice Department face off over Biden audiotapes

The House Judiciary Committee sued Attorney General Merrick Garland to try to force him to turn over recordings of the president's special counsel interview.

Will Justice Department and FBI officials carry out Trump’s prosecutions of his rivals?

Former officials fear that Donald Trump, if elected, will force out DOJ and FBI officials who defy him and replace them with loyalists. Chaos, division and paralysis could ensue.

Politics - NBC News - October 31

The Justice Department policy that could end some Trump prosecutions

A longstanding Justice Department policy could be applied to some of former President Donald Trump's legal cases as conversations are underway about winding down the prosecutions before Trump takes ...

Jack Smith plans to leave Justice Department by the time Trump takes office

President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly said he plans to fire special counsel Jack Smith.

Justice Department officials react to Trump picking Matt Gaetz for attorney general

President-elect Donald Trump's pick of Rep. Matt Gaetz as his future attorney general has sent shockwaves through the Justice Department.

Police submit file to CPS over Tim Westwood sexual abuse allegations

Met inquiry looking into historical accusations against former Radio 1 hip-hop DJ. Prosecutors are considering bringing charges against the former Radio 1 hip-hop DJ Tim Westwood, after detectives ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

US charges former Indian spy allegedly linked to foiled murder plot

Justice department says Vikash Yadav, who remains at large, planned to murder a Sikh separatist in New York. The United States has charged a former Indian intelligence officer who allegedly ...

World - The Guardian - October 17

Ex-Indian government employee charged in US assassination plot

The Justice Department announced charges against a former Indian government employee in the murder plot against dual U.S.-Canadian citizen Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent Sikh separatist. In a ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

Iranian operative charged in scheme to assassinate Trump, other targets

An Iranian operative told investigators that he was tasked in September with assassinating Trump, according to court records unsealed Friday.

Top stories - CBS News - 5 days ago

Suspect charged in Iran-linked plot to assassinate Donald Trump: DOJ

Three people have been charged in an alleged Iran-linked plot to assassinate President-elect Trump and several Iranian dissidents, according to a criminal complaint.

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