“Subsequently, it was revealed that Mike Pompeo, the former Secretary of State, was a second target of the same plot. Credible threats by Iran have continued to persist against former Secretary Pompeo, as well as his former top aide, Brian Hook, who served as special representative for Iran during the Trump administration.
“These plots also include Iran’s efforts to silence those who publicly criticize the regime’s human rights abuses.”
Green and Pfluger also requested that the FBI provide a status update briefing to discuss its investigation of Merchant and its “broader work to address threats posed by Iran to U.S. homeland security and its brazen targeting of U.S. persons, including former President Trump and former and current U.S. government officials” by Aug. 30.
