Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley on Thursday released FBI records from a whistleblower on the alleged Iranian-backed assassination plots against President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and Nikki Haley.
The assassination plots were allegedly in retaliation for the death of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corp officer Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by the United States during Trump’s presidency in 2020.
The reports revealed Iran was targeting U.S. “politicians, military people or bureaucrats,” that it believed was connected to Soleimani’s death. Asif Merchant, a native Pakistani with ties to Iran, has been arrested in an alleged plot to assassinate Trump.
“Bad actors are determined to wreak havoc on our country, and American political leaders across both parties are sitting squarely in the crosshairs,” Grassley said in a statement reported by Fox News. “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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