So if there was specific evidence of an imminent Iranian attack on multiple American embassies, the U.S. Secretary of Defense never saw it
Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Sunday that he hadn’t seen any specific evidence which indicated that Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was planning to attack four U.S. embassies, poking yet another hole in President Trump’s “imminent threat” rationale for assassinating Soleimani.
SEC. ESPER: Well, the president didn’t say there was a tangible- he didn’t cite a specific piece of evidence. What he said is he probably — he believed, could have been —SEC. ESPER: I didn’t see one with regard to four embassies. What I’m saying is I share the president’s view that probably — my expectation was they were going to go after our embassies.
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