Pakistani National with Iranian
Ties Charged with Murder-for-Hire in Foiled
Assassination Plot Against President Trump
Gateway Pundit,
by
Jim Hoft
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
8/6/2024 3:29:35 PM
A federal complaint unsealed on Tuesday in Brooklyn has charged Asif Merchant, also known as “Asif Raza Merchant,” a 46-year-old Pakistani national, with murder-for-hire in connection with a foiled assassination plot targeting a politician or U.S. government officials on American soil.
The plot was thwarted by law enforcement before any attack could be executed. Merchant is currently in federal custody in New York, according to the press release.
FBI investigators believe that the intended targets of the plot included Trump and other current and former U.S. government officials, according to a U.S. official briefed on the matter, per CNN.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
formerNYer 8/6/2024 3:34:15 PM (No. 1773706)
Time to take out all the government buildings in Tehran and make use they are full at the time.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
marbles 8/6/2024 4:31:03 PM (No. 1773726)
Sorry, not buying what they're selling.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
chumley 8/6/2024 5:38:04 PM (No. 1773773)
Ok, now tell me more about the one who actually got a shot off. Like who were his handlers?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
judy 8/6/2024 6:02:33 PM (No. 1773789)
Is he here illegally courtesy of Biden - Harris???
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Is he being held in as deplorable conditions as the J-6 patriots? /sarc off
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Pakistan is the a*** of the world. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
5 handicap 8/7/2024 5:24:34 AM (No. 1773951)
Let me get this straight... They were aware of plans to assassinate the Donald then lowered the quantity and quality of protection anyway. Correct so far?
Sound more and more like the USSS was in on the plot.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/7/2024 5:57:06 AM (No. 1773972)
"Secret Service surged resources" I would hate to have seen Trump's protection team if it was just a standard size. Why do you suppose the Biden administration would protect the fact that both Iran and a Pakistani were plotting against us and assign such a substandard detail to a President that left such a glaring opening? Are the SS always this sloppy or did they know something?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
paloalto 8/7/2024 6:02:26 AM (No. 1773977)
Whatever you say, fellas. The lead player in all this made-up nonsense is named Asif. AS IF.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Venturer 8/7/2024 7:38:09 AM (No. 1774011)
The timing of this announcement is very suspicious.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
BarryNo 8/7/2024 7:43:33 AM (No. 1774020)
"See! SEE! We got this one! We're doing our job!"
I would not be surprised at this point if this was another groomed idiot, with no ties to Iran, but many with the FBI.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
bpl40 8/7/2024 8:26:18 AM (No. 1774051)
The red herring they are trying to pull has rotted and is smelling.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Kate318 8/7/2024 9:18:44 AM (No. 1774079)
Look! A squirrel!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
red1066 8/7/2024 9:27:04 AM (No. 1774088)
So, we're expected to believe that the feds arrested some foreign guy for targeting Trump and found out he had Iranian ties, but they couldn't spot or stop some clown from the U.S. who climbed on a roof with a gun at a venue where Trump was speaking.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Heidicat 8/7/2024 9:31:03 AM (No. 1774091)
I may be old, and not as sharp in many ways, but my BS detector is working better and better.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Zigrid 8/7/2024 10:08:52 AM (No. 1774114)
Not buying this "government" story just in time for the Butler.Pennsylvania rally....the little gun toting munchkin had help...but not from foreign sources...the secret service director and her replacement took away President Trump's extra protection and left him with marginal coverage...and nothing the fake news can spin now...will convince me differently.....so spin away...WE the people are not buying it....
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Muguy 8/7/2024 10:50:55 AM (No. 1774148)
We are not always going to hear about the success stories.
This is like calling down a student for misbehavior and having the guilty student say, "but look at what so and so did" or "I haven't been to Europe, either!" Nothing more than trying to take the heat off of the fact that the coverage in Butler was snafu'ed and that is appears more and more like it was lax ON PURPOSE,
The wacko kid was seeking fame in the history books knowing he would be killed a la Lee Harvey Oswald of John Wilkes Booth being tied to Presidents Kennedy and Lincoln (although because of the nature of ballistics it was impossible for LHO alone to have cause the large blowout behind JFK's right ear described by over 30 persons at Parkland and which was suppressed by the government for the witnesses at Bethesda until the ARRB openned those records).
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 8/7/2024 1:01:40 PM (No. 1774236)
Does anyone believe or trust the government, the FBI, the Secret Service leaders, the CIA, etc.? We don't.
We need a new administration that won't lie to us, won't gaslight us, won't manipulate us. God help us, we pray!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 8/7/2024 2:53:40 PM (No. 1774305)
Last night as I kept switching away from any sight of any Olympic portion, I wondered if I was the only person left in the world who remember the Munich Olympics. Glad to know it has not been completely forgotten.
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