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US said to charge man with alleged Iran ties over foiled plot potentially targeting Trump
WASHINGTON — A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran has been charged in the US in connection to a foiled assassination plot potentially targeting former president Donald Trump, CNN reports, citing an unsealed indictment and a US official.
FBI investigators believe that Trump and other current and former US government officials were the intended targets of the plot, CNN says, citing the US official.