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And Trump is reportedly pressuring senators to confirm Matt Gaetz as attorney general, despite newly public accusations against the Republican former lawmaker.

A recent Senate report revealed that, despite claims to investigate the accusation, the Trump White House focused its energies on suppressing corroborating evidence.

By then, he was already facing accusations of subversion under the NSL for organising the primary.

In a statement, Mr Baghaei said similar accusations of attempts to assassinate US presidents had been made in the past, which Iran denied and went on to be false.

Although the case was quickly settled out of court, it led to a flurry of similar accusations and an investigation by the US Government.