CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Israel's claims of Iranian threat to Trump: Report

The CIA expressed "low confidence" in Israel's claims of an Iranian assassination threat against former US President Donald Trump, according to a recent report. Intelligence officials were skeptical of the alleged threat, which Israel relayed to the CIA, sources told The Washington Post. Analysts questioned the credibility of the information and conveyed their doubts to the Trump administration.

One official described the reports of threats against the President's life as "Israeli-derived, not U.S.-generated," and viewed them as having "low confidence." Earlier, The Washington Post broke the story that Trump secretly left Ankara on a military aircraft due to an alleged Iranian assassination threat. The latest report follows confirmation that Trump secretly left Turkey on a military aircraft, rather than the Air Force One jet he was seen boarding on television.