These are baseless, inaccurate, and irresponsible charges. The court filings neither reveal Merchant's specific "targets" nor mention Trump or Iran. Yet, the FBI is quick to attribute the fabricated threats to American public officials to Tehran to evade responsibility for its failure to protect the country's presidential nominee from ana would-be assassin's bullet. There's no evidence against Merchant; Iran must counter the US' brazen and unrelenting efforts to berate its people.