Feds say Pakistani national backed by Iran plotted to assassinate Trump, others in murder-for-hire scheme
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Asif Merchant, a Pakistani national with alleged ties to Iran, posted Facebook images depicting Trump's death as part of an accused murder-for-hire plot.
Ashley Oliver is a reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business, covering the Justice Department and legal affairs. Email story tips to ashley.oliver@fox.com.
An FBI special agent showed a courtroom in Brooklyn, New York, the images posted by Asif Merchant, who is standing trial this week on charges of attempting to commit an act of terrorism and engaging in a murder-for-hire plot.
Merchant was indicted in July 2024 after he was recorded on camera outlining a plot on a napkin to kill an unnamed politician with a person who turned out to be an informant. Merchant allegedly also tried to hire two hit men and pay them $5,000, but the men were FBI agents posing as assassins.
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