An Austrian court has convicted a man of planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago.
Coincidentally, Merchant's arraignment came the same day a different man -- 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh -- appeared in a Florida court to answer firearm charges connected to an unrelated apparent alleged attempt on Trump's life.
William Winfrey is accused of plotting a scheme, along with Rasshauud Scott, to help a couple obtain immigration visas to work in the US. But the plot turned deadly when a bystander shot and killed Scott.
Investigators say that classmate allegedly planned to kill 8 students and a teacher.
The incident happened weeks before the start of the Israel-Hamas war, which has sparked an increase in hate crimes against both Jews and Muslims in the U.S.
Prosecutors said the suspects were motivated by racist extremist ideology.