Donald Trump‘s campaign Saturday said their internal communications had been hacked and blamed Iranian hackers. Politico said it received emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump’s operation. The campaign cited a Microsoft report and claimed that foreign sources hostile to the United States sent a spear phishing email in June to a high-ranking official on a presidential campaign.
“These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said.
“On Friday, a new report from Microsoft found that Iranian hackers broke into the account of a ‘high ranking official’ on the U.S. presidential campaign in June 2024, which coincides with the close timing of President Trump’s selection of a vice presidential nominee.”
Politico said it started receiving emails on July 22 from an anonymous sender. The person identified himself as Robert and used an AOL mail account. The documents that Robert sent to Politico were authentic — it was a preliminary version of Vance’s vetting file.
The research dossier was a 271-page document based on publicly available information about Vance’s past record and statements, with some — such as his past criticisms of Trump — identified in the document as “POTENTIAL VULNERABILITIES.”
“These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said.
“On Friday, a new report from Microsoft found that Iranian hackers broke into the account of a ‘high ranking official’ on the U.S. presidential campaign in June 2024, which coincides with the close timing of President Trump’s selection of a vice presidential nominee.”
Politico said it started receiving emails on July 22 from an anonymous sender. The person identified himself as Robert and used an AOL mail account. The documents that Robert sent to Politico were authentic — it was a preliminary version of Vance’s vetting file.
The research dossier was a 271-page document based on publicly available information about Vance’s past record and statements, with some — such as his past criticisms of Trump — identified in the document as “POTENTIAL VULNERABILITIES.”
