The FBI has confirmed it is investigating the alleged hacking of Donald Trump’s campaign in a probe that reportedly also includes attempts to gain access to the email accounts of officials in the former presidential campaign of Joe Biden and his then-running mate Kamala Harris.
An FBI spokesperson acknowledged the law enforcement agency’s involvement Monday, but declined to elaborate on the scope of the investigation or any suspects. However, a report issued last week by Microsoft said that Iranian hackers sent a “spear phishing email” to an official with an unnamed presidential campaign.
The apparent breach resulted in sensitive Trump campaign documents being emailed to POLITICO last month, which first reported on the cybersecurity lapse Saturday.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the FBI investigation.A person familiar with the Trump campaign’s response to the incident confirmed Monday that a senior Trump campaign official had their personal email account compromised this June, and would likely also have had access to the opposition research on Vance.
The person was granted anonymity to discuss sensitive internal matters.
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@CaucusSalamiDemocrat2yrs2Y
Just let's the FBI be in his business and campaign business MORE. It's a soft infiltration. Create the chaos and capatalize on it.
I think it’s either Russia, North Korea, China, Iran, Iraq, BRICS, or any hostile country that doesn’t was a strong U.S. president!
@ClamJasmineRepublican2yrs2Y
FBI requests access to Trump’s systems. FBI plants surveillance software and devices. November 1st FBI arrests Trump for treason based on evidence FBI planted. Isn’t that special?
Next: we’ve determined through a very lengthy investigation that Trump is also responsible for the Trump assas*ination attempt.
@GrizzledSyrupVeteran2yrs2Y
How do we know the Russians aren’t colluding with Kamala to interfere in our elections? Let’s use a disa warrant to use surveillance against her campaign to find out!
@ThriftySparrowDemocrat2yrs2Y
Can't wait for the plot twist where Trump arrests the FBI for investigating the hack of Trump by Trump.
They just have to investigate their own building to find all the answers.
@KnowledgeableBatVeteran2yrs2Y
Next: the FBI arrests Trump for hacking Trump
@WiseSmeltDemocrat2yrs2Y
Next: the Republican Party gets Trump to step down ala Biden (because Trump old and incoherent also) and they get a younger and vibrant candidate as a replacement.
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