Donald Trump briefed on suspected Iranian assassination plot

US intelligence officials have briefed Donald Trump about a suspected Iranian plot to kill him, his campaign has said.

The ODNI confirmed to the Guardian on Wednesday morning that the briefing took place.

Trump referred to the briefing in a post on his Truth Social site and predicted that another assassination attempt would be made against him.

Intelligence officials were reported to have been tracking an Iranian-backed conspiracy to kill Trump even before the 13 July attempt, which was carried out by a lone gunman, Thomas Crooks, who killed one rally attendee before being killed himself by a Secret Service agent.

Investigators have found no evidence that Crooks, 20, was part of a larger plot and have concluded that he acted alone.

Iran has denied plotting to assassinate Trump.

It came as a Senate report was issued on Wednesday on Trump being shot in July in an attempt to kill him at an election rally in Pennsylvania. It concluded that there was a failure of leadership among the Secret Service team assigned to protect him.

That alleged gunman, Ryan Routh, was apprehended after fleeing and was charged on Tuesday with the attempted assassination of Trump.

In August, federal prosecutors charged a Pakistani man said to have ties to Iran with taking part in an alleged murder plot against an unidentified US politician.

Last week, US intelligence officials said Iranian hackers stole materials from the Trump campaign and passed them to media outlets and the now-defunct campaign of Joe Biden, which all declined to publish them. A Microsoft threat assessment analysis has linked the hack to a group within the Iranian revolutionary guards.