FBI reveals graphic new details on Iranian-backed plot to potentially assassinate Trump, Haley or Biden

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FBI reveals graphic new details on Iranian-backed plot to potentially assassinate Trump, Haley or Biden
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Hunter Biden enters shock guilty plea in $1.4M tax evasion case, first son facing up to 17 years in prison, federal investigators interviewed a man charged in an Iran -backed plot to potentially assassinate the 45th president or two of his political rivals — President Biden or former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley , according to an FBI document made public Thursday.

“Merchant asked Yousef what he should say to the mafia if they asked who would be the object of the killing,” the document read. “Yousef stated that it could be Donald Trump, then paused, and stated that it could be Joe Biden or Nikki Haley, or politicians, military people, or bureaucrats.”Merchant added that he “understood” the killing would be revenge for the airstrike that killed top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, which Trump ordered in January 2020.

“In this extraordinarily heightened threat environment, federal agencies ought to be laser-focused on building up public trust and reassuring the American people of their efforts to carry out their protective missions.”

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