Liz Landers is a national correspondent leading the disinformation desk at Scripps News.
U.S. officials say former President Donald Trump had more Secret Service protection than usual ahead of Saturday's assassination attempt because of a prior threat coming from Iran.
It's understood that all of these events took place in advance of Saturday's assassination attempt, but NSC spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement that, as of now, law enforcement is not tracking a connection between the shooter in the Trump assassination attempt and the Iranian plot.
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