{"id":1219202,"date":"2022-01-16T16:04:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T21:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1219202"},"modified":"2022-01-16T16:04:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T21:04:27","slug":"reporter-asks-psaki-if-intel-community-working-to-protect-trump-after-assassination-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporter-asks-psaki-if-intel-community-working-to-protect-trump-after-assassination-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporter Asks Psaki If Intel Community Working To Protect Trump After Assassination Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freporter-asks-psaki-if-intel-community-working-to-protect-trump-after-assassination-video%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1219202&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2022\/01\/13\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-and-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-january-13-2022\/\">briefing<\/a> on Thursday, CBS News\u2019 Weijia Jiang asked White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki about the video from Iran showing a mock drone assassination of former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>After bringing up the video, Jiang asked: \u201cIs the intelligence community assessing this threat and working with former President Trump to offer protection of any kind?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki responded, saying that she wouldn\u2019t \u201cspeak to the work of our intelligence community.\u201d However, she added that this kind of \u201coffensive rhetoric and behavior\u201d from Iran\u2019s leader has been seen before.<\/p>\n<p>Jiang pressed again, but Psaki said she didn\u2019t have \u201cmore details.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reporter did later receive a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weijia\/status\/1481793147986395139?s=21\">response<\/a> from the White House, which condemned the video, noted that intelligence matters aren\u2019t discussed publicly, and added: \u201cThe United States will protect and defend its citizens. This includes those serving the United States now and those who formerly served.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/revenge-is-definite-iran-releases-video-depicting-assassination-of-trump-at-mar-a-lago\">The Daily Wire<\/a> previously reported, the video, which was released Wednesday on Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei\u2019s website, depicts a drone strike on former President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Times of Israel: \u201cThe animated video was part of a contest to mark the January 3, 2020, killing of Iran\u2019s Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, who was slain in an American drone strike in Baghdad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video depicts an agent setting up the strike via a remote ground vehicle and surveillance as Trump plays a round of golf. Just prior to the strike, which isn\u2019t shown, a text message is sent to the former president, reading: \u201cSoleimani\u2019s murderer and the one who gave the order will pay the price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The propaganda follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/revenge-is-definite-iran-releases-video-depicting-assassination-of-trump-at-mar-a-lago\">threat<\/a> made by Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Quds Force (IRGC) Brigadier General Esmaeil Qaani, who said: \u201cWe will prepare ground for the hard revenge against the US from within their homes, as we do not need to be present as supervisors everywhere, wherever is necessary we take revenge against Americans by the help of people on their side and within their own homes without our presence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<p><em>JIANG: I have a question about a video that Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader posted on his website that appears to show a robot conducting a drone strike, killing the former president at his Mar-a-Lago golf club.&nbsp;Is the intelligence community assessing this threat and working with former President Trump to offer protection of any kind?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: I\u2019m not going to speak to the work of our intelligence community.&nbsp;Obviously, the kind of rhetoric or video from the Supreme Leader is something that we\u2019ve seen \u2014 you know, offensive rhetoric and behavior in the past.&nbsp;But I\u2019m not going to speak to more specifics of internal discussions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JIANG: But are you aware of the video?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: I don\u2019t have any more details on it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a briefing on Thursday, CBS News\u2019 Weijia Jiang asked White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki about the video from Iran showing a mock drone assassination of former President Donald Trump. 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