‘There is credible information that an incident could occur’: How the Secret Service foiled an assassination attempt on Donald Trump by ISIS on a trip to the Philippines last year after the terrorist cell urged jihadists to ‘lie in wait’ and ‘ambush’ him
Special Agents foiled an assassination attempt on Trump by ISIS last year
The incident happened when POTUS visited the Philippines for a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte and other Asian leaders for the Asean 50 summit
The male suspect posted a picture of Lee Harvey Oswald with the menacing tweet: ‘Gonna be in Manila the same time as Trump… I’ll take one for the team’
Special agents then track the suspect meeting an ISIS operative near the President’s hotel and inform police who surround and apprehend them
By LEAH MCDONALD
DAILYMAIL.COM
15 October 2018
The Secret Service foiled an assassination attempt on President Trump by ISIS when he visited the Philippines in November 2017, it has emerged.
The shocking revelation was made by secret service agents for a new documentary titled ‘United States Secret Service: On the Front Line’, a two-hour special airing on the National Geographic Channel Sunday night.
POTUS, 72, whose code name on the trip was ‘Mogul’, was due to arrive in the bustling city to meet with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and other South Asian leaders at the ASEAN 50 summit in November 2017.
Chad Ragan, a special agent in the Presidential Protective Division, was the Secret Service agent in charge of the trip and Audrey Gibson, a special agent in the Protective Intelligence & Assessment Division served as his eyes and ears.
Prior to President Trump’s arrival on Air Force One, Special Agent Gibson was informed that there is a credible threat against POTUS.
The threat came in the form of a tweet reading: ‘Gonna be in Manila the same time as Trump… I’ll take one for the team lads,’ accompanied by a mugshot of Lee Harvey Oswald.
On Instagram, they found a photo of the male suspect wielding a copy of the book ‘How to Kill: The Definitive History of the Assassin’.
Agents then track his IP address and discover that the man is located in downtown Manila, kilometers away from the president’s hotel.
His social media posts reveal that he is traveling in the direction of the President’s hotel and they continue to monitor him.
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