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This was not the work of a lone assassin, the dictator declared; a vast, shadowy opposition conspiracy was responsible.

Neither did he mean to imply the accused assassin was affiliated with MAGA, he added.

She was the second would-be assassin to confront the 38th president in the space of a month.

But it was especially disturbing given the FBI director’s alleged friendship with Kirk and the level of seriousness with which Patel claimed the bureau led the manhunt for Kirk’s assassin.

"I have received threats from hired assassins," he said, adding that he had lodged a formal complaint with the police.