Republicans Press FBI on Iranian Assassination Plot | August 18, 2024
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House Republicans are demanding answers from the FBI regarding a Pakistani national with ties to Iran who was arrested in July over a failed plot to assassinate a politician or U.S. government officials on U.S. soil, possibly including former President Donald Trump.
Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, and August Pfluger, R-Texas, chair of the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence, wrote a letter Friday to FBI Director Christopher Wray requesting additional information regarding the arrest of Asif Merchant, 46, on a charge of murder for hire. Merchant is being held in federal custody in New York.
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