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Posted on 03/09/2026 5:59:20 AM PDT by jonatron
A federal court in New York City convicted an Iranian agent of attempting to assassinate US officials, including US President Donald Trump, in a trial that showcased allegations of Iran-backed plotting on American soil.
The verdict on Friday came during the US-Israeli airstrike campaign against the Iranian regime.
Asif Merchant, a business owner who has family in Pakistan and Iran, acknowledged during the trial that he sought to put an assassination plot in motion during the 2024 presidential campaign, which was quickly disrupted by American investigators before it had a chance to proceed.
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He admitted at trial that he attempted the plot on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a powerful paramilitary of the regime. Merchant started working for the IRGC around late 2022 and was trained in intelligence and counter-surveillance, the Department of Justice said.
His plot was exposed after he contacted an acquaintance in New York to help him. The acquaintance reported Merchant to law enforcement and became a confidential source in the investigation.
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Good morning. More details for you, and other inquiring minds.
Trump, Biden and Nikki Haley. If it were only Trump, would the jury have acquitted him?
>>If it were only Trump, would the jury have acquitted him?
Exactly what went thru my head!
I must say, I'm surprised. I thought NYC residents have been so propagandized that this would never happen, but I'm glad it did.
I read the news every day, a lot more than I should. This is the first I’ve seen of this. An admission by a paid agent that a foreign country hired him to kill a presidential candidate is a pretty important thing, all the more important because we’re now at war with that country. How can it be that we haven’t seen more about this plot? (That’s in part a rhetorical question, for obvious reasons, but our team should be doing more to publicize this.)
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