A Pakistani man was convicted in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, of a 2024 plot to kill US politicians, including
Federal prosecutors had accused Asif Merchant, 47, of being an “operative” of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who was dispatched by the regime to the US in April 2024 to hire hitmen to kill American politicians. He was arrested in Texas in July of that year.
Asif Merchant
Source: Justice Department
During the trial, Merchant told jurors that during a meeting in Iran with his handler, he was given the names of three potential targets: Trump, Joe Biden, who was ...
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