Asif Merchant, arrested in the United States for allegedly plotting the assassination of former US President Donald Trump, was in touch with Pakistani embassy officials in Washington, sources told CNN-News18 on Tuesday. Investigators are also looking at the possible role of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), they added.
Trump, the Republican party’s presidential nominee, was shot on July 13 while he was addressing a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The gunman, identified as Thomas Crooks, was shot dead by Secret Service agents.
The former US President was not seriously wounded but was injured in his right ear.
According to top Pakistani sources, during the ongoing investigation of Asif Merchant by US law enforcement, he was found to have been in contact with ISI personnel at the Pakistani embassy in Washington, DC.
He allegedly has been in contact with multiple governments in the past, including Pakistan and Iran, working as a “contractor” for transnational repression missions.
According to sources, the ISI has been targeting Pakistani Americans who are active in the US against the spy agency.
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