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Pakistani national with ties to Iran tried to hire hitmen to potentially assassinate Trump: feds
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0:45Now PlayingA Pakistani immigrant with alleged ties to Iran plotted to hire hitmen to assassinate former President Donald Trump and other US politicians, according to sources and a federal criminal complaint.
Asif Merchant, 46, is accused of planning political assassinations in New York City in August or early September, and paid men he believed to be contract killers advance payments of $5,000, according to US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace.
Trump was among several current and former US government officials believed to be potential targets of the plot, a source familiar with the investigation told The Post.
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