The Department of Justice announced Friday that it charged three people in connection to an alleged plot that originated in Iran to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump before the 2024 election.

DOJ prosecutors said in charging documents that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a militant group based in Iran, asked one of the defendants in September to monitor Trump and develop a plan to kill him.

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