BOOK: Iran Nearly Assassinated Mike Pompeo In 2022

The Washington Post reports:

Iran nearly succeeded in orchestrating an assassination of former secretary of state Mike Pompeo at a European hotel in 2022, and then-candidate Donald Trump and his campaign were told by intelligence officials last September that the longtime U.S. foe had recruited hit men who were active at the time on American soil, according to a forthcoming book about the 2024 presidential campaign.

Security threats to Trump and his aides dramatically changed their practices and worldview on the trail, according to an account obtained by The Washington Post from “2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America,” by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf. The book is scheduled to publish next month.

The details add new context to the president’s decision last weekend to authorize a bombing mission to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities, although it is not yet known how much these events factored into Trump’s decision.

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BREAKING, via WaPo: “Iran nearly succeeded in orchestrating an assassination of former secretary of state Mike Pompeo at a European hotel in 2022” https://t.co/faAdXTi5vk

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