Pakistani national with ties to Iran charged in connection to a foiled assassination plot potentially targeting Trump
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Pakistani national with ties to Iran charged in connection to a foiled assassination plot potentially targeting Trump

The Justice Department has charged a Pakistani man who has alleged ties to the Iranian government with seeking to carry out political assassinations, a case that prompted the US government to increase security for former President Donald Trump and other officials, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. FBI investigators believe that Trump and other current and former US government officials were the intended targets of the plot, a US official...