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Alex Jones believes the agency is "incredibly desperate" to take out the President-elect, who is due to take office on January 20. He said reports alleging Mr Trump has close ties to the Kremlin are a "very, very serious telltale sign" of an impending assassination plot. The Infowars host said: "They could be thinking about bringing in outside mercenaries or other agencies to actually try to assassinate Donald Trump."

He is about to bring down their entire system Alex Jones

Mr Jones added: "They are incredibly desperate right now because he is about to bring jobs back to America. "He is about to de-active globalism, he is about to bring down their entire system. "So clearly the President's in danger, clearly the President-elect needs to know this is happening – I know he's being briefed."

INFOWARS•GETTY Alex Jones claims the CIA is trying to assassinate President-elect Trump

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INFOWARS The shock jock warned of 'criminal corporate elements' within the CIA

Doubling down on the claims, the 'shock jock' later warned that "criminal corporate elements" within the CIA are "coming after" Mr Trump. He said: "They're moving ahead with this, so this is an emergency alert ladies and gentlemen. "They are attempting to go after the President claiming he's a foreign spy to thwart the will of the American people."

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He made the jaw-dropping comments following US media reports that the CIA believes Russia intervened in November's election to help Mr Trump win. A senior US official told the Washington Post: "It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russia's goal was to help Trump get elected." Russian hackers are alleged to have leaked thousands of emails from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman.

GETTY The Republican has denied claims of Russian interference

Top 10 Conspiracy Theories Wed, March 8, 2017 From mind control, to the missing Malaysian airways flight MH370 Play slideshow AFP/Getty Images 1 of 10 In 2011, Osama Bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seals and buried at sea, but now conspiracy theorists claim that it was all a lie and he is still alive