FBI stops plan for Iranian paramilitary official to kill Trump before election

The Department of Justice unsealed criminal charges in a thwarted plot by Iran to kill Donald Trump.

A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan alleges that an unnamed official in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard spoke to a contact in September about plans to conduct surveillance on the former president and kill him before this week's election, which he ultimately won, reported The Associated Press.

U.S. intelligence officials briefed Trump about the plot, which...