WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) – A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran has been charged in the United States in connection to a foiled plot to assassinate a U.S. politician or government officials, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.
FBI investigators believed that former President Donald Trump and other current and former U.S. government officials were the intended targets of the plot, CNN reported, citing a U.S. official.
Asif Merchant, 46, faces a charge of murder for hire in New York federal court.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Costas Pitas, Editing by Chris Reese)
