Secret Service ramped up security after receiving intel of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump; no known connection to shooting

CNN — US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN. A US national security official said the Secret Service and Trump campaign were made aware of the threat before Saturday’s rally. “We cannot comment on any specific threat stream, other than to say that the Secret Service takes threats seriously and responds accordingly.” At one point during this election cycle, the campaign stopped holding spontaneous off-the-record events where guests weren’t swept by Secret Service beforehand due to security concerns, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. Video Ad Feedback Fareed Zakaria asks Iranian foreign minister about alleged Trump assassination plot 03:17 - Source: CNN “I told you explicitly that we would resort to legal and judicial procedures and frameworks at the domestic level and international level in order to bring the perpetrators and military advisers of General Soleimani’s assassination to justice,” Kani told Zakaria in an interview that will air Sunday on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.” Pressed further if that meant not using violent measures, Kani said, “We will only resort to Iranian and international legal and judicial procedures.” “Until now, we have done it, and this is our right and of course we will continue it.