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FBI foils assassination plot against Trump; Asif Merchant arrested

Asif Merchant, suspected of espionage under the guise of an international clothing salesman, navigated Brooklyn in early June, visiting nightclubs to find accomplices for a purported assassination plot linked to Iran. FBI Captures Pakistani Asif Merchant Linked to Iran After Plotting with ‘Hitmen’ to Cause Chaos, Assassinate U.S. OfficialMerchant then began arranging means to obtain $5,000 in cash to pay…