Trump Falsely Accusing Harris Of Using Hacked Material – Which Is Exactly What He Did In 2016

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Donald Trump on Thursday falsely accused Vice President Kamala Harris of using material stolen by a foreign adversary to boost her campaign — which is precisely what he himself did in 2016 when his campaign colluded with Russia. “WHEN DOES KAMALA AND HER CAMPAIGN GO BEFORE A GRAND JURY ON IRAN, IRAN, IRAN?” the coup-attempting former president posted on social media. THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE IRAN/KAMALA CAMPAIGN CORRUPTION CASE IS REAL!” Advertisement Trump, however, is lying. There is no evidence that Harris’ campaign used information hacked from Trump’s campaign by Iran, while Trump himself personally used information hacked from Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2016 nearly every single day of the final month before that Election Day. A Harris campaign official said the campaign did not use any of the hacked material, and a joint statement by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Wednesday did not suggest otherwise. “Iranian malicious cyber actors in late June and early July sent unsolicited emails to individuals then associated with President Biden’s campaign that contained an excerpt taken from stolen, non-public material from former President Trump’s campaign as text in the emails. “We have cooperated with the appropriate law enforcement authorities since we were made aware that individuals associated with the then-Biden campaign were among the intended victims of this foreign influence operation,” Harris campaign spokesperson Morgan Finkelstein said. “We’re not aware of any material being sent directly to the campaign; a few individuals were targeted on their personal emails with what looked like a spam or phishing attempt.” Advertisement Trump’s campaign did not respond to HuffPost queries on the matter. Indeed, HuffPost has been asking why Trump willingly accepted help from Russia during the 2016 campaign, throughout Trump’s White House and during his 2024 campaign, over a period of seven years. “And you’re not involved in the illegality of getting it.” The same day that The Washington Post published a recording of Trump boasting that his celebrity permitted him to grab women by the genitals, the Russia-aligned “WikiLeaks” group began posting emails stolen from Clinton campaign aides by Russian hackers. We are sincerely grateful for readers like you who help us ensure that we can keep our journalism free for everyone. The stakes are high this year, and our 2024 coverage could use continued support. We are sincerely grateful for readers like you who help us ensure that we can keep our journalism free for everyone. The stakes are high this year, and our 2024 coverage could use continued support. Trump — even though he had in August been told by U.S. intelligence officials that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin was behind the Clinton campaign hack — began citing the stolen material continuously for the rest of his campaign, starting on Oct. 10 and right through Election Day. You’ve got to read it!” The hack-and-release operation was the biggest piece of the Russian influence campaign designed to put Trump in the White House, according to investigations by special counsel Robert Mueller and the Senate Intelligence Committee. Advertisement In total, Trump referred to WikiLeaks by name 137 times in public appearances and media interviews between Oct. 10 and Election Day, according to PolitiFact. The leaked emails did not reveal anything particularly nefarious about Clinton or her campaign, but the media’s sustained interest in that correspondence served as a reminder of the earlier FBI investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server for government work when she was secretary of state. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-harris-hack-iran-russia_n_66ec6351e4b083d40a2c8910