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May 5th, 1979, Raymond Lee Harvey and his confidant Osvaldo Ortiz plotted to assassinate what sitting President of the United States while he was giving a speech?

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Retry Correct Incorrect President Jimmy Carter was giving a speech at the Civic Center Mall in Los Angeles, California, when security learned of a plot to assassinate him by two men. The two were eventually released because there was a lack of evidence to charge them.
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May 5th, 1979, Raymond Lee Harvey and his confidant Osvaldo Ortiz plotted to assassinate what sitting President of the United States while he was giving a speech?

  • Bill Clinton
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Gerald Ford
  • Richard Nixon
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