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In August 2022, the Justice Department announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had thwarted an Iranian plot to assassinate former National Security Adviser John Bolton in retaliation for the US government’s actions against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani.
Subsequently, on November 12th 2023, 60 Minutes reported that the “hitman” hired to execute this plan was an FBI informant. This was presented as a factual occurrence with no indication of any moral implications.
“Lucky for Bolton, the assassin was an FBI informant,” 60 Minutes reported, portraying the assassination plot as a credible threat.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) charging papers revealed that the alleged plot to assassinate John Bolton was largely fabricated, and Bolton himself was never in any danger. According to the DOJ, the man responsible for this attempted hiring of an FBI informant was a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF).
However, investigators could not confirm this claim as no additional evidence has been provided.
Steven D’Antuono, a senior FBI official previously in charge of the Detroit field office during a case involving Governor Gretchen Whitmer and later at the Washington DC field office during the January 6 “storm at the Capitol”, headed up this investigation.
The person charged for attempting to hire an assassin is Shahram Poursafi, an Iranian national. As Poursafi remains unarrested due to speculation he resides in Iran, further research may be needed in order to apprehend him.
In Randi Beck’s affidavit it states that there is suspicion that Poursafi is part of IRGC-QF because he did not deny such a connection and one photo depicted him wearing a jacket with an IRGC-QF patch.
Aside from this single image however there has been no other indication that he belongs to said organization.
“The [informant] asked POURSAFI to be direct about his request so there was no misunderstanding as to what POURSAFI had requested. POURSAFI responded that he wanted ‘the guy’ purged or eliminated. POURSAFI then clarified that [Bolton] was the target,” Beck’s affidavit noted.
In December 2021, Beck affirmed in his affidavit that the FBI informant took pictures of Bolton with Bolton’s full knowledge and consent, which were then sent to Poursafi.
Over the subsequent months,…
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