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VisitWill additional individuals be charged in connection with Asif Merchant's assassination plot by March 31, 2025?
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46-year-old Asif Merchant Pleads Not Guilty to US Assassination Plot Charges
Sep 16, 2024, 07:40 PM
A 46-year-old Pakistani man, Asif Merchant, with alleged ties to Iran, has pleaded not guilty to charges in a U.S. court related to an assassination plot. Merchant is accused of scheming to assassinate several American politicians, including former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden, and Nikki Haley, in retaliation for the killing of Iran's Revolutionary Guards top commander Qassem Soleimani. The charges include allegations of terrorism and murder-for-hire. According to Senator Chuck Grassley, Trump, Biden, and Nikki Haley were possible targets.
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