Mr. Trump also ousted U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Manhattan Damian Williams and announced his intent to nominate former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton for the position.
Donald Trump picks former Rep. Doug Collins to head Veterans Affairs
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In the news release, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said the U.S. hopes that Tuesday's charges against Iran-based defendants will "strike another public blow at the heart of the Government of Iran’s efforts to execute the victim - as well as its lethal targeting, intimidation, and repression of other Iranian dissidents critical of the regime in the U.S. and abroad.”
U.S. charges Iran Revolutionary Guard official in alleged plot to kill activist Masih Alinejad
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