FBI allowed suspect arrested for plot to assassinate Trump into US despite being on terror watchlist: report

Despite being flagged as being on the terror watchlist and having close ties to Iran, the Pakistani man charged with plotting to assassinate Donald Trump and other government figures, Asif Raza Merchant, was allowed to enter the US under a special parole program.

According to Just The News, which obtained government documents on the subject, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force had interviewed Merchant when he arrived at Houston’s George Bush International Airport in April and fingerprinted him. ---More...