Stephen Cheung, a spokesman for former President Donald Trump’s campaign, told NBC on Saturday that former President Donald Trump’s campaign was hacked by an Iranian group in June. News.
It was a hack The first information about this was published by Politico and NBC News has not independently confirmed that the hack occurred or where it originated. Politico said it began receiving emails from an anonymous account sharing internal Trump campaign documents in July.
The documents include investigative documents on at least two of Trump’s running mates, including Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the GOP vice presidential nominee.
“These documents were illegally obtained from foreign sources hostile to the United States with the intention of interfering with the 2024 election and wreaking havoc on our entire Democratic process,” Cheung told NBC News.
Cheung pointed out The Microsoft report was released on Friday“An Iranian group linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, sent a spear-phishing email to a senior official in the June presidential election campaign.”
Microsoft has not identified a targeted campaign. A Microsoft spokeswoman declined to share details about the incident beyond what was written in its report on Friday.
“The Iranians know that President Trump will end their reign of terror, as he did in his first four years in the White House. Any media or news outlet that reprints documents or internal communications is doing the bidding of America’s enemies and doing what they want,” Cheung added.
A representative of Iran’s UN mission in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Politico wrote in its story that the news organization asked the anonymous emailer where they got the leaked documents, and received the following response: “I suggest you don’t care where I got them. Any answer to this question would incriminate me and would also legally restrict you from publishing them.”
Politico representatives did not immediately respond to NBC News’ request for comment.