‘Unprecedented’ for Treasury secretary to leave home over Iranian threat: Joe Concha

Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said Iranian plots against the United States have become unprecedented, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent being relocated for his safety.“Well, we took out two levels of Iranian leadership at the beginning of this war, … so you know they would love nothing more than to take out a member or members of Trump’s Cabinet, and of course, the president himself,” Concha said Wednesday on Fox Business’s Varney & Co. Recommended Stories Bessent was moved from his Washington, D.C., home to a military base after officials received intelligence about a threat to his life. He has overseen initiatives “Economic Fury” and “Economic Outcast,” an effort to cut off Tehran’s financial networks internationally and restrict trade. “This appears to be unprecedented, the Treasury Secretary needing to move out of his private home in Georgetown, and you have to wonder how many other Cabinet members will be forced to do so as well,” Concha said. Concha said Iranian plots were not new and have been made against President Donald Trump dating back to his 2024 campaign, but the latest threats have led to increased security measures.The U.S. military has also reportedly moved several aircraft from RAF Mildenhall, an air base in England.BESSENT MOVES TO MILITARY BASE DUE TO IRANIAN ASSASSINATION THREATThe developments come as the Trump administration decides whether to pursue additional military action against Iran after Republicans lost drastically in the midterm elections.Trump said Monday that a return to military action against Iran was “unlikely.”