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The retirements were planned before the July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a would-be assassin shot Trump in the ear, sources tell CNN. However, the departures leave a gap in leadership experience as the agency tries to chart a new path forward. These departures come after Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle stepped down in the days after the rally shooting, as well as the retirement earlier this month of the agency official who oversaw protective operations. A Secret Service agent shot and killed the would-be assassin during the July rally. CNN has reached out to the Secret Service for comment.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Kimberly Cheatle, Ryan Routh, Vince Tutoni, Ronald Rowe, Tutoni, Brian Lambert, John Buckley, CNN’s Sean Lyngaas Organizations: CNN, Service, Trump International Golf Club, Intergovernmental, Legislative Affairs, Investigations, Protective Operations Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, West Palm Beach , Florida

☆ Feds trying to build an attempted assassination case against man accused in Trump incident
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Zachary Cohen | Evan Perez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

So far, there is no evidence indicating the suspect was motivated or instructed by foreign elements to target Trump. But prosecutors and investigators have made clear that they view the incident as an apparent plot to kill the former president and are working to build a case with those additional charges. He had not made any threats, for instance, against the president or former president Trump,” Berger said. “You are free to assassinate Trump,” Routh also wrote of Iran in the apparently self-published book. Those posts, on their own, would likely not be enough to charge Routh with attempting to assassinate Trump, according to Aronberg.

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“The Secret Service needs more help,” Biden told reporters while leaving the White House on Monday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesActing US Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe met with Trump and local law enforcement on Monday in Florida. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned in the fallout from the assassination attempt, leading to Rowe’s appointment as acting director. Those concerns were underscored by details revealed Monday about the suspected shooter’s whereabouts before he was ultimately spotted by Secret Service agents. Moskowitz said Sunday that the Secret Service needed to consider taking more drastic measures, such as shutting down a significantly wider perimeter.

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CNN —The Justice Department is expected to soon announce criminal charges against the Iranian government-backed hackers who carried out a hack-and-leak operation targeting former President Donald Trump’s campaign, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The criminal charges against the Iranian hackers could be unveiled as soon as next week, two of the sources said. The Iranian hackers stole internal Trump campaign documents and shared them with news organizations in an attempt to sow discord during the presidential election, according to US officials. The hackers breached the email account of longtime Trump ally Roger Stone to target campaign staff in June, CNN has reported. CNN has requested comment from the Justice Department on the pending move against the hackers.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Roger Stone, Matthew Olsen, “, ” Olsen, China — Organizations: CNN, The Justice, Trump, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Justice Department, The Washington, Columbia Law, Department’s Locations: Russian, Iran, China, United States

The next day, three minutes before shots were fired toward Trump, local police radioed that a man was on a nearby roof. That warning never made it to the Secret Service, whose snipers didn’t know the would-be assassin was on the roof until shots rang out. “I can confirm that the Butler County ESU team made radios available to the Secret Service and that they were not utilized by the Secret Service,” Goldinger said in a statement. But the issue of how to directly communicate with local law enforcement remains unresolved. Evan Vucci/AP Secret Service agents rush the stage immediately after the shooting.

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☆ Secret Service employees put on administrative duties following Trump assassination attempt
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Whitney Wild | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Multiple Secret Service personnel from the Pittsburgh Field Office and one member of Donald Trump’s security detail involved in the advance planning for Trump’s July 13 rally have been reassigned to administrative duties and ordered to work from home, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. The Secret Service has been under immense pressure from lawmakers to discipline or fire those involved in the preparation for the rally. “This was a Secret Service failure,” Rowe told reporters during a news conference earlier this month – a clear shift in tone from when the agency previously pointed blame on locals for their failure to keep eyes on would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks that day. “That roof should have been covered.”“The U.S. Secret Service is committed to investigating the decisions and actions of personnel related to the event in Butler, Pennsylvania and the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. “The U.S. Secret Service holds our personnel to the highest professional standards, and any identified and substantiated violations of policy will be investigated by the Office of Professional Responsibility for potential disciplinary action.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Ronald Rowe, ” Rowe, Thomas Crooks, Donald Trump, ” Anthony Guglielmi, “, CNN’s Zachary Cohen Organizations: CNN, Pittsburgh Field Office, Trump’s, Department of Homeland Security, Trump, The, Communications, U.S, Secret, Secret Service Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania

☆ Suspected Iranian hackers breached personal email account of someone associated with Trump campaign, investigators believe
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | Evan Perez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The FBI and other investigators probing the apparent hack-and-leak of Trump campaign documents, which Donald Trump has blamed on Iran, suspect that the hackers were able to compromise the personal email account of someone associated with the campaign, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The hackers used access to the breached personal email account to try to break into the account of a senior Trump campaign official as part of a persistent effort to access campaign networks, one of the sources said. The FBI also briefed the Biden-Harris campaign in June about Iranian hackers targeting that campaign, one of the sources said. The FBI said in a statement Monday that it was investigating the reported cyberattack on the Trump campaign but declined to comment further. But the techniques used by the hackers to target the Trump campaign match those associated with Iranian hackers, according to one source familiar with the matter.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Harris, “, Avril Haines, CNN’s Zachary Cohen Organizations: CNN, FBI, Trump, Microsoft, Biden, stoke Locations: Iran, Israel

☆ Arizona grand jurors wanted to indict Trump, prosecutors urged them not to
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Zachary Cohen | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Members of the grand jury in Arizona that indicted 18 allies of Donald Trump earlier this year for their alleged roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election had also expressed interest in charging the former president, according to a new court filing. The interest was strong enough that it prompted the state’s lead prosecutor to request that the grand jury not indict the former president and give a PowerPoint presentation to explain his reasoning. Prosecutors cited two primary reasons for why the grand jury should not charge Trump: a lack of evidence and a US Justice Department policy they believe would hamper charges against a former president. The policy cited by prosecutors deals with DOJ guidelines limiting how the federal government can prosecute individuals already charged with similar crimes at the state level. That’s why you do not see that,” the state prosecutor told the grand jury.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden’s, Jack Smith, Fani Willis, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, “ Unindicted, ”, Meadows, indicting Trump, I’ve, Willis Organizations: CNN, Fulton, White House, Trump, Prosecutors, US Justice Department Locations: Arizona, Georgia, Fulton County

Trump and former first lady Melania Trump were joined on stage by vice presidential nominee JD Vance and his wife, Usha. Here are five takeaways:Trump details shooting: Trump appeared solemn are he narrated the “painful” events of his Saturday rally in minute detail. Little mention of Biden (by name): Trump said he would use President Joe Biden’s name only once. But it’s also because Trump might not face Biden again, after all. A rare Melania sighting: Melania Trump has kept a low profile since the Trump administration ended, choosing not to attend Trump’s hush money trial or the CNN debate.

Persons: Trump, Melania Trump, JD Vance, Usha, Will Lanzoni, Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump, ”, Biden, Joe Biden’s, it’s, “, Hogan, Read Organizations: CNN, Republican National Convention, Trump, Republican, RNC Locations: American

CNN —The US Secret Service is scrambling to increase security ahead of former President Donald Trump’s first campaign rally since the failed assassination attempt on his life last week, sources familiar with the planning told CNN. “We assist the Secret Service,” a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office told CNN, adding that the Secret Service was leading all security planning for the rally. The source said the lack of these exercises have resulted in security gaps, including communication breakdowns between law enforcement partners. “The Secret Service is responsible for the security planning for presidential visits, but we stand ready to assist them with whatever they need,” Banner wrote in an email. The Secret Service would not comment on security planning for the rally or Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Undersheriff Bryan Muir, ”, “, Sen, JD Vance, Banner Organizations: CNN, Trump, Service, Republican National Convention, Security, Trump’s Mar, Palm Beach Police Department, Secret, Republican, Michigan State Police Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Grand Rapids , Michigan, Kent County , Michigan, New Jersey, Newark, Trump’s, Lago, U.S, Mar, Grand Rapids

CNN —The Trump rally shooter searched online for information on the arrest of a Michigan mass shooter and his parents, who were prosecuted in a 2021 high school shooting. A week before the shooting, Thomas Matthew Crooks searched online for the date of the Democratic National Convention and where Trump planned to speak, as well as other searches for Trump and President Joe Biden. Unlike other mass shooters who often leave behind manifestos or writings to explain their attack, Crooks left behind few clues, in his bedroom or online. Investigators have focused on Crooks’ online activity in the months and days before the attack. He searched for the date and location of the Democratic National Convention, which takes place in August in Chicago, and for the location of the Trump rally.

Persons: Donald Trump, Butler, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Trump, Joe Biden, Saturday’s, Crooks, Ethan Crumbley –, Biden, Crooks ’ Organizations: CNN, Trump, Democratic National Convention, FBI, US Secret Service Locations: Michigan, Butler , Pennsylvania, Butler, Pennsylvania, Chicago

That suggests Crooks may have been looking to carry out a high-profile shooting, and the Trump event’s proximity and timing offered the most accessible opportunity, federal officials have speculated. Crooks had also searched for information on another recent mass shooter who shot and killed four classmates at a Michigan high school in 2021. Obtained by CNNBut there are also significant differences between Crooks’ behavior and that of a typical mass shooter. Nearly seven years after America’s deadliest mass shooting, investigators still do not know why Paddock pulled the trigger. You want every detail you can find.”CNN’s Scott Glover, Allison Gordon and Holmes Lybrand contributed to this report.

Persons: Donald Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Crooks, who’ve, Joe Biden, Trump, didn’t, Ethan Crumbley, Kathleen Puckett, ” Ted Kaczynski, ” Puckett, Stephen Paddock, Paddock, ”, Juliette Kayyem, Crooks ’, Mary Ellen O’Toole, “, Puckett, –, it’s, ” CNN’s Scott Glover, Allison Gordon, Holmes Lybrand Organizations: CNN, Democratic National Convention, Trump, Department of Homeland Security, US Secret Service, FBI Locations: Pittsburgh, Michigan, Las Vegas, Vegas

☆ Judge allows indicted Arizona fake electors to travel to Republican National Convention
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Zachary Cohen | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —An Arizona judge is allowing several people facing criminal charges for allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results to travel to Milwaukee next week for the Republican National Convention. The Arizona delegation to the convention includes three fake electors who have been charged in that state for their alleged roles in the 2020 plot. Earlier this month, the judge overseeing Arizona’s election subversion case approved a request from defendant Nancy Cottle to travel to the RNC. Arizona state Sen. Jake Hoffman, who was recently elected to serve as the Arizona GOP’s national committeeman, and state Sen. Anthony Kern also will be allowed to travel to Wisconsin for the convention. It is unclear if those charged with election-related crimes in other states have received – or need – permission to travel to the convention.

Persons: Donald Trump, Nancy Cottle, Cottle, Bruce Cohen, Sen, Jake Hoffman, Anthony Kern, Hoffman, Kern Organizations: CNN, Republican National Convention, The, RNC, Trump, Superior, Arizona GOP’s Locations: An Arizona, Milwaukee, The Arizona, Arizona, Wisconsin

For more than six months, Russia has been carrying out a sabotage campaign across Europe, largely by proxy. “We’re seeing sabotage, we’re seeing assassination plots, we’re seeing arson. Russia’s sabotage campaign has, at times, smacked of a shotgun approach carried out by amateurs. In London in March, several men were charged with working with Russian intelligence services to set fire to a Ukrainian-linked warehouse. And French authorities last month detained a Russian-Ukrainian man who was allegedly building bombs as part of a sabotage campaign orchestrated by Moscow.

Persons: Armin Papperger, Olaf Scholz, Boris Pistorius, Fabian Bimmer, “, ”, Adrienne Watson, “ Russia’s, Oliver Hoffman, ” Hoffman, Donald Tusk, Papperger, Dariusz Borowicz, Agencja Wyborcza.pl, Reuters “, ” CNN’s Zachary Cohen Organizations: CNN, Kyiv, Rheinmetall, NATO, National Security, NATO Allies, Embassy, intel, US, Reuters, Ukraine Locations: Ukraine, Europe, Kyiv, Germany, Berlin, Russia, West, Moscow, Papperger, Unterluess, United States, Washington, Russian, Polish, Lithuania, Poland, Ukrainian, London, Warsaw

☆ How Donald Trump is poised to avoid pre-election trials in three out of four of his criminal cases
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

With Monday’s Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling likely preventing a trial in the federal election subversion case before the election, Trump is poised to avoid pre-election trials in the three most significant criminal prosecutions he faces. It will determine Trump’s legal fate. A Supreme Court ruling that hamstrings the DC federal subversion caseThe charges by special counsel Jack Smith alleging Trump subverted the 2020 election was the second to last of the four cases brought. “You can’t charge a former president for a crime for the first time in history without going to Supreme Court,” Cobb said. But the new Supreme Court immunity standard jeopardizes the use of much of that conduct in the case.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, won’t, ”, Ty Cobb, “, ” Cobb, pardoning, Fani Willis, Paul Rosenzweig, Bill Clinton, Jamie Raskin, ” Raskin, Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan’s, Smith, Smith’s, Cobb, John Roberts, Rosenzweig, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, She’s, she’s, she’d, Willis, Nathan Wade, it’s, Wade, Nathan Wade's, Kaitlan Collins, Fulton, Scott McAfee, Michael Moore, Moore, Barack Obama, ” Moore, CNN’s Lauren Fox, Zachary Cohen Organizations: CNN, Republican White House, Trump, Fulton, Department of Homeland Security, Maryland Democrat, DC, DC Circuit, White, Justice Department Locations: Manhattan, Russia, Georgia, Florida, –, Fulton County

☆ US Air Force veteran charged with disclosing classified information on US military aircraft and weapons
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Zachary Cohen | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A US Air Force veteran has been arrested and charged for allegedly disclosing classified information related to American military aircraft and weapons to unauthorized individuals, the Justice Department announced Thursday. Paul J. Freeman was charged with unauthorized possession and transmission of classified national defense information by a grand jury in Florida on Tuesday, according to court records. Freeman transmitted information related to “vulnerabilities” of Air Force aircraft and related to weapon systems on multiple occasions between November 2020 and March 2021, prosecutors allege. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations and FBI are investigating the case. CNN previously reported that the Pentagon increased its security screenings following a massive leak of classified documents by a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard last year that exposed sensitive information online.

Persons: Paul J, Freeman, Freeman’s, Lloyd Austin, Jack Teixeira, Teixeira Organizations: CNN, US Air Force, Justice Department, Air Force, Pentagon, The Air Force Office, Special Investigations, FBI, Massachusetts Air National Guard, Pentagon Force Protection Agency, Defense Locations: Florida

The plea deal allows Assange to avoid prison in the US and return to his native Australia. “That never came up in our conversations,” said David Stilwell, the State Department assistant secretary for the Pacific region during the Trump administration. Sessions’ focus on national security-related leaks was “probably one of the reasons why the [Assange] case had more traction,” Hickey told CNN. Hickey said he was not involved in the Assange case when he was a senior official at DOJ’s National Security Division from 2016 to 2023. Stilwell, the former State Department official under the Trump administration, pushed back on the Assange plea deal.

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☆ Kaspersky: Biden administration bans Americans from using Russian-made cybersecurity software over national security concerns
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Zachary Cohen | Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The Biden administration is taking the unprecedented step of banning US companies and citizens from using software made by a major Russian cybersecurity firm because of national security concerns, Commerce Department Secretary Gina announced Thursday. Thursday’s announcement comes after CNN reported in April that the Biden administration was preparing to issue an order that would prevent US companies and citizens from using Kaspersky software. US government agencies are already banned from using Kaspersky Lab software, but action to prevent private companies from using the software is unprecedented. Founded in Moscow in 1997, Kaspersky Lab grew into one of the world’s most successful anti-virus software companies alongside American rivals like McAfee and Symantec. Some of the speculation and suspicion from US officials about the Russian company centers around Eugene Kaspersky, a charismatic computer expert who co-founded Kaspersky Lab in Moscow in 1997.

Persons: CNN —, Biden, Gina, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, ” Raimondo, “ We’re, Kaspersky, Raimondo, we’ve, Russian government’s, Eugene Kaspersky, ” Kaspersky Organizations: CNN, Commerce, Commerce Department, Kaspersky, McAfee, Symantec, Lab, —, Russian Ministry of Defense, West Locations: Russian, United States, Russia, Moscow, Israel, Eugene, Ukraine

CNN —Boris Epshteyn, a close adviser to Donald Trump and former White House aide, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to election subversion charges stemming from an April indictment in Arizona. Epshteyn, who appeared in court Tuesday via phone, is one of 18 defendants who, according to the indictment, “schemed to prevent the lawful transfer of the presidency to keep Unindicted Coconspirator 1 in office against the will of Arizona’s voters.”While Trump is not among those charged in Arizona, the details in the indictment suggest he is “Unindicted Coconspirator 1.”The scheme, according to the indictment, called for the fake electors to fraudulently vote for Trump, “falsely claiming to be the duly elected and qualified Electors for President and Vice President of the United States from the State of Arizona.”Epshteyn joined the Trump campaign in 2016 and is considered one of the former president’s most loyal advisers, speaking with him regularly. He was alongside Trump during his arraignment in his New York hush money case and traveled with him to arraignments in Georgia and Washington, DC. Others charged in the indictment include former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, along with former Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and Christina Bobb. All have pleaded not guilty.

Persons: Boris Epshteyn, Donald Trump, “, Trump, ” Epshteyn, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Christina Bobb Organizations: CNN, White House, ”, Trump, Trump White House Locations: Arizona, United States, State of Arizona, New York, arraignments, Georgia, Washington

CNN —Former special prosecutor Nathan Wade says he believes Donald Trump will “absolutely” be put on trial in Georgia in the 2020 election subversion case – even if he wins a second term and he’s in the White House at the time. The question of whether a sitting US president can be forced to stand trial for state-level criminal charges has never been litigated. Wade said in the interview Wednesday that he expects prosecutors and defense attorneys will have to confront that unprecedented scenario if Trump wins the 2024 election. Nathan Wade was asked if he thinks Trump can still be on trial as president. Trial court Judge Scott McAfee had previously ruled that Willis could remain on the case if Wade stepped away, prompting his resignation.

Persons: Nathan Wade, Donald Trump, Wade, Fani Willis, CNN’s, Trump, “, ”, ” Wade, Willis, Nathan Wade’s, Kaitlan Collins Willis, Scott McAfee’s, Fani, improvidently, Steve Sadow, Scott McAfee, McAfee Organizations: CNN, Trump, Peach State, Georgia, Appeals, Wednesday, Atlanta Judicial Circuit Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Peach, State of Georgia, Atlanta

☆ Officials in Arizona release Rudy Giuliani’s mug shot after he pleaded not guilty in election subversion case
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Kyung Lah | Jack Hannah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Rudy Giuliani was processed in Phoenix on Monday, weeks after pleading not guilty in Arizona to charges of allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Giuliani was served on May 17 in Palm Beach, Florida, at his 80th birthday bash held by a GOP operative. Arizona prosecutors spent weeks trying to track down the former New York City mayor and eventually found him based on his podcasts. A grand jury in Arizona handed up indictments last month charging over a dozen Trump allies, including the fake electors and several individuals connected to his campaign, over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. Goodman added that Giuliani “will be fully vindicated.”The Arizona indictment is just the latest legal woe for Giuliani stemming from his time as Trump’s attorney after the 2020 presidential election.

Persons: CNN — Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s, Giuliani, President Trump, ”, Ted Goodman, Goodman, Veronica Stracqualursi, Zachary Cohen Organizations: CNN, GOP, New, New York City, Trump, Washington, Giuliani, Dominion Locations: Phoenix, Arizona, Maricopa County, Palm Beach , Florida, New York, Georgia

☆ Georgia court of appeals indefinitely pauses the election subversion conspiracy case against Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Zachary Cohen | Sara Murray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Three Trump allies charged in Wisconsin fake elector scheme
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | Zachary Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Wisconsin is the latest state to bring charges against people connected to the former president involved in the broad effort to overturn the presidential election results. “We hereby reaffirm that Joseph R. Biden, Jr. won the 2020 presidential election and that we were not the duly elected presidential electors for the State of Wisconsin for the 2020 presidential election,” a portion of their statement said. “We oppose any attempt to undermine the public’s faith in the ultimate results of the 2020 presidential election.”Chesebro was previously charged, and pleaded guilty, in the Georgia probe. This undercut his testimony to state prosecutors in which he said the fake electors were contingent on winning the litigation. Chesebro discussed the episode with Wisconsin investigators when he sat for an interview as part of the attorney general’s probe into the fake electors plot.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kenneth Chesebro, Jim Troupis, Michael Roman, Tony Evers, ”, Chesebro, CNN’s KFile, Joe Biden’s, Trump, “, Joseph R, Biden, Jr, ” Chesebro, Jack, Trump . Roman, Troupis, Mike Pence, CNN’s Marshall Cohen, Katelyn Polantz, Alison Main Organizations: CNN, Trump, Troupis, Democratic Wisconsin Gov, ” CNN, State, Trump ., White, Wisconsin, Wisconsin GOP Locations: Wisconsin, Michigan , Arizona , Nevada, Georgia, ”, Arizona, Michigan, Washington, DC, Milwaukee

CNN —Rudy Giuliani was served Friday with notice of his indictment related to an alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona, according to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes. Richie Taylor, a spokesperson for Mayes, previously told CNN that the attorney general’s office had tried for weeks to locate Giuliani. An attendee of the party told CNN that Giuliani was served papers by two agents of the Arizona attorney general’s office in the late hours of the birthday bash. They must concede they can’t count votes.”Hours later, Giuliani was served notice of the indictment. The Arizona indictment is just the latest legal woe for Giuliani stemming from his time as Trump’s attorney after the 2020 presidential election.

Persons: CNN — Rudy Giuliani, Kris Mayes, “, ” Mayes, Giuliani, ”, Richie Taylor, Mayes, Caroline Wren, Kari Lake, ” “, —, Ted Goodman, can’t, Donald Trump’s, Pence, John Eastman, CNN’s Zachary Cohen, Holmes Lybrand Organizations: CNN, GOP, New, New York City, Trump, Dominion Locations: Arizona, Palm Beach , Florida, New York, Phoenix, Georgia

The National Security Agency collected the intelligence that gave US officials insights into China and Iran’s capabilities in producing deepfakes, one of the sources said. At a briefing last week, FBI officials warned that AI increases the ability of foreign states to spread election disinformation. US officials have maintained a high level of visibility into the AI and deepfake advancements made by countries including China, Iran and Russia since the 2020 election. Nearly 70% of Republicans and Republican-leaners said that President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win was not legitimate, according to a CNN poll released in August. The 2024 US election will present new opportunities for foreign influence operations.

Persons: “, ”, Lee Foster, Foster, ” Foster, leaners, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump Organizations: CNN, National Security Agency, NSA, Intelligence, US, Labs, “, Republican, Pew Research Center, FBI, Kyiv Locations: China, Iran, Russia, United States, Ukraine, Ukraine –

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