Grassley Reveals New Details on Iran-Backed Plot to Assassinate Biden, Trump, Haley

You. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) FBI releases documents showing Iran’s involvement in plot to assassinate former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.

Grassley on Thursday released records he obtained from legally protected law enforcement informants. Accordingly Fox News.

The documents disappeared from Grassley’s public Senate page on Thursday evening. Washington Auditor I reached out to the senator’s office regarding the deletion but have not received a response.

However, documents published by the senator and reviewed by media outlets for example , New York PostIt detailed the first interview by federal investigators of a man accused of an Iranian-backed plot to assassinate Trump. Asif Merchant, a Pakistani man, said he discussed assassination strategies against American political figures with an adviser named Mehardad Yousef.

FBI documents released by Grassley showed that the plot targeting “politicians, military personnel or bureaucrats” included Haley and Biden. Previously public information indicated that Trump was the country’s prime minister aim To avenge his role in the killing of the Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani.

“The merchant asked Yousef what he should say if they asked the mafia who to kill,” the whistleblower’s disclosures wrote. “Yousef said it could be Donald Trump, then paused and said it could be Joe Biden or Nikki Haley or politicians, soldiers or bureaucrats.”

“Federal agencies must focus on building public trust and reassuring the American people of their efforts to fulfill their protective mission,” Grassley warned in a statement.

Grassley speaks at an Iowa GOP event at the Cedar Rapids Country Club in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP)

“I will not stop pressing for answers until Congress and the American people get the transparency they deserve,” he added.

The FBI did not approve of the Iowa senator sharing the whistleblower’s revelations with the public.

“The FBI does not comment specifically on documents allegedly disclosed without authorization,” the agency said in a statement to Fox News. “Making public statements about potential cooperation from sensitive, ongoing national security investigations and matters is irresponsible and undermines the FBI’s ability to conduct comprehensive investigations and enforcement actions that keep Americans safe. It also puts lives at risk, especially when dealing with an adversary like Iran.”