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Maroc Maroc - NEWSDELIVERS.COM - A La Une - 08/Aug 01:49

Charges against a Pakistani at the center of Iran's plot to kill US officials

A Pakistani with ties to Tehran appears to have been at the center of a plot by Iran to assassinate former US President Donald Trump. He is also accused of intending to target politicians and other high-profile officials. The Justice Department released charges against 46-year-old Asif Merchant on Tuesday and said he came to the United States in April in search of hitmen. But according to the criminal complaint, the plot backfired after the person Merchant contacted to try to carry out the plan turned himself in to law enforcement. “This dangerous assassination plot was allegedly orchestrated by a Pakistani national with close ties to Iran and is consistent with how Iran operates,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement. “A foreign-orchestrated plot to kill a public official, or any American citizen, poses a threat to our national security and will be met with a vigorous FBI response,” he said. The criminal indictment made public in New York does not identify any specific targets for the Merchant suspect's plot, but comes just weeks after US officials said they had increased security for the former president because of a threat linked to Tehran. The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee …

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