Iran’s revenge? – Read the indictment in full here.
Three men have been charged in an apparent murder-for-hire plot to assassinate soon-to-be-President Donald Trump. The Department of Justice announced the charges, Friday, November 8, describing the effort as a revenge plot in retaliation against Trump’s involvement in the death of a top Iranian commander.
In January 2020, the commander of the Quds Force – part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Qasem Soleimani, was killed in a drone strike in Baghdad under orders from then-President Trump. According to USA Today, “Farhad Shakeri, 51, of Iran; and Carlisle Rivera, 49, and Jonathon Loadholt, 36, of New York were named in the indictment.”
Both Loadholt and Rivera were arrested in New York, yesterday. It is believed that the third suspect, Shakeri, is…
