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Pakistani terrorist recruited by Iranian spies convicted of plotting to kill Trump, other US pols in harebrained plan foiled by feds

Source: New York Post | Published: 2026-03-08 01:48:45

Asif Merchant, 47, was found guilty of murder-for-hire and terrorism charges after a Brooklyn jury — who deliberated for less than two hours — rejected his claim that he was forced into the bungling murder scheme because Iran had “threatened” his family.

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