Intelligence report says Iran will keep trying to kill Trump regardless of election outcome

A new intelligence report says Iran will keep trying to kill former President Donald Trump regardless of the outcome of the election - and U.S. adversaries will continue trying to undermine confidence in the election even after Nov. 5. 

A partially redacted report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), released Tuesday, found that "efforts by Iran to assassinate former President Donald Trump and other former U.S. officials" are "likely to persist after voting ends, regardless of outcome."

In September, Trump's campaign said that intelligence officials warned the Republican candidate of "real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him."

The U.S. has gone to unprecedented lengths to protect the former president from retaliation from Iran for the killing of General Qassem Soleimani. 

Both Trump and his high-level officials who ordered the strike in 2020 have faced death threats from Iran, which also recently hacked Trump's campaign and tried to peddle information to Democrats and the media.

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Some $150 million per year has also gone to protecting officials like former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, former head of U.S. Central Command, according to Politico.