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Nah, the timing is too perfect for a personal vendetta. Trump used this event to justify his national guard occupation of DC after courts told him he didn't present evidence of a crime problem needed to justify a state of emergency.
The Afghani in question has a history of working for the CIA and was brought in by the Trump admin in April this year.