(Wall Street Journal) Sadie Gurman - A Pakistani man with ties to Iran was charged with plotting assassinations of former President Donald Trump and other politicians, law-enforcement officials said on Aug. 6, 2024. Asif Merchant traveled to New York in April to recruit hit men to carry out his scheme but was foiled when one of the people approached reported him to the FBI and became an informant, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said. Merchant was arrested before he could fly out of the U.S. on July 12.
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