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Man accused of plot to assassinate Trump testifies Iran pressured him, says Biden and Haley were other possible targets

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The allegation sounded like the stuff of spy movies: A Pakistani businessman trying to hire hit men, even handing them $5,000 in cash, to kill a U.S. politician on behalf of Iran ‘s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. It was true, and potential targets of the 2024 scheme included now-President Donald Trump, then-President Joe Biden and … Read more

Man on trial in assassination plot says possible targets included Trump, Biden, Haley

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The allegation sounded like the stuff of spy movies: A Pakistani businessman trying to hire hit men, even handing them $5,000 in cash, to kill a U.S. politician on behalf of Iran ‘s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. It was true, and potential targets of the 2024 scheme included now-President Donald Trump, then-President Joe Biden and … Read more

A trial seeks to tie Iranian paramilitary to alleged assassination plot in US

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NEW YORK — While the U.S. fights a widening war in Iran, American prosecutors are airing claims that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was entangled in a foiled 2024 assassination plot that eyed then-candidate Donald Trump as a possible target. The alleged scheme is at the center of a criminal trial that started in a federal … Read more

Detroit Lions player Terrion Arnold linked to kidnapping and robbery plot over Airbnb burglary

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A Detroit Lions cornerback has been implicated in a plot to impose “vigilante justice” on a chauffeur and two other people he suspected of burglarizing the Airbnb in Florida where he had been staying, according to court records. Terrion Arnold is not charged with a crime, but his friend Boakai Eugene Hilton was the brains … Read more