Pakistani man arrested for plotting assassination of Donald Trump, political leaders

Published 2024-08-07
Asif Merchant was arrested in Texas last month after officials discovered his plans to recruit hitmen to carry out assassinations on U.S. political leaders including former president Donald Trump. Story: www.fox32chicago.com/news/pakistani-man-ties-iran-…

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All Comments (21)
  • @OOTrutherOO
    Deep state is working very hard to assign blame😂
  • @SlavicChic3
    American drug dealers carry more money than that And what about all the money that the shooter had in offshore accounts?
  • @EnisudR
    Even a blind squirrel can find the occasional acorn
  • @Sharon-oz3ks
    Lies lies and more lies. Put the blame on someone else to distract from the truth.
  • I'm not a Donald Trump fan but I still don't want people from another country too bring harm to any American
  • Vote for trump and the republicans for the seat of the congress and senate
  • @charlesbaldo
    What were his connections to Thomas Crooks, we were told Crooks had accounts in the Mideast ? They caught Marchant leaving the country the day before ?
  • They’ll keep trying until he either goes away or they’re successful. This won’t be the last time unfortunately
  • @aob326
    Interesting that they arrested this guy just right the day before USSS left a prime roof open for the other guy to get several shots off
  • @kairo007
    They really trying to put the blame on anyone at this point. I highly doubt Iran wants to start trouble with the US during this time.
  • @eogness509
    Yep, the guy was working for the CIA and Secret Service