So it's kind of like the. The Russia indictments, where they never have to prove this case. It's almost just like a big press release. So, I mean, presumably, considering that Trump launched a war against Iran in February of this year, if there was evidence that Iran was involved in this assassination attempt, the Department of Justice would be pursuing it vigorously and publicizing it in order to backfill a motive for this war. People have used the Merchant case as evidence that, yes, the. There was some sort of threat, but you got to measure a threat by both intent and. And capacity. (1:01:45–1:02:03)
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Suggests that if there were evidence of Iran's involvement in an assassination attempt, the DOJ would publicize it to justify the war.
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