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Suspected of planning to kill Trump and several other officials, a Pakistani is arrested
2024-08-06 21:55:40 / BOTA
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A Pakistani man with suspected ties to Iran has been charged with a plot to assassinate former US President Donald Trump. The news is reported by CNN, citing an official and court documents.
The FBI believes the plot targeted Trump and other current and former US government officials. Asif Merchant, 46, is accused of traveling to New York City to hire a hitman to carry out the assassination in late August or early September, according to charges filed by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York.
Prosecutors said the Pakistani man was arrested on July 12 as he prepared to leave the US, shortly after he met with an undercover hitman who he believed would carry out the killings but was actually an undercover law enforcement officer.
A law enforcement official told CNN that investigators have found no evidence that Merchant had anything to do with the shooting at the Pennsylvania rally where Trump suffered a wound to the ear. The plot revealed by US prosecutors on Tuesday adds to a growing list of detailed Iranian plans to kill Trump, according to national security officials.
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