Tuesday, August 13, 2024 - The FBI has launched an investigation into the alleged hacking of documents belonging to former President Donald Trump’s campaign, the bureau said in a statement.
“We can confirm the FBI is
investigating this matter,” the FBI said Monday night, August 12.
On Saturday, the Trump campaign
accused Iran of being behind the alleged hack after Politico reported that it
had received anonymous emails that included internal documents related to the
vetting of Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) – who was tapped as Trump’s running mate last
month.
The outlet said it began receiving
campaign communications belonging to a “senior Trump campaign official”
on July 22 from an anonymous AOL account, and insiders confirmed the
documents, which detailed Vance’s record, past statements and “potential
vulnerabilities,” were authentic.
Trump campaign spokesman Steven
Cheung asserted that the documents were “obtained illegally from foreign
sources hostile to the United States” in an effort to “interfere with the 2024
election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process.”
“The Iranians know that President Trump
will stop their reign of terror just like he did in his first four years in the
White House,” he added, noting that Microsoft revealed last week that Iranian
hackers had targeted a presidential campaign and that the alleged hack came
“after recent reports of an Iranian plot to assassinate” the 45th president.
Trump, 78, also claimed Saturday that one of
his “many websites was hacked by the Iranian Government.”
“They were
only able to get publicly available information but, nevertheless, they
shouldn’t be doing anything of this nature,” he wrote on Truth Social. “ Iran
and others will stop at nothing, because our Government is Weak and
Ineffective, but it won’t be for long.”
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