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

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. “MY CAMPAIGN WHEN THROUGH HELL ON THE RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA HOAX. THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE IRAN/KAMALA CAMPAIGN CORRUPTION CASE IS REAL!”

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. There is currently no information indicating those recipients replied,” the statement read.

“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