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The Department of Justice announced charges against Asif Merchant, 46, a Pakistani man with ties to Iran, for trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump and other government officials..
FBI Special Agent Anthony Cipriano and other assets tracked Merchant and others undercover, finding him working with national and international sources to assassinate Trump in retaliation for the killing of IRGC Officer Qasem Soleimani in 2022.said U.S. Attorney Breon Peace for the Eastern District of New York
Merchant lives in Pakistan with a wife and children. He also said he has a wife and children in Iran.The plot took place between April 2024 and July 2024. Merchant tried to hire hitmen in Brooklyn to carry out the assassination between August and September. Merchant said the killing would take place after he left the States, but they would still communicate in code.
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