Mike Johnson says Harris is Iran's 'preferred candidate,' demands info on Trump campaign hacks

FIRST ON FOX: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is putting the U.S. intelligence community on the spot after Iranian hackers tried to disseminate private information from former President Donald Trump’s campaign.

"Congress is outraged by the Biden-Harris Administration's inaction and unwillingness to hold Iran accountable for its cyberattacks on the Trump campaign," Johnson wrote in letters to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

"As you have shared, Iran hacked into the Trump campaign and distributed private information directly to the Biden campaign and to American media, which, like Iran, favors Kamala Harris."

In his letter, he also claimed Harris was Iran’s "preferred candidate" in the race.

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Last week, the three agencies released a rare joint statement, revealing that "Iranian malicious cyber actors" sent stolen Trump campaign materials to people linked to President Biden’s since-defunct re-election campaign, beginning in June. They also sent non-public materials to U.S. media organizations, the agencies said.

However, Johnson told their directors that "several unanswered questions remain."

"The American people must be informed of how the cyberattacks and distribution of information happened, the timeline indicating when the attacks occurred and were verified, and the concrete steps your agencies have taken to deter future attacks," Johnson wrote.

He accused the Biden administration of failing to deter election interference efforts by Iran or other hostile foreign powers and pointed out that Iran has also recently been accused