We can probably hold off for now on the all too easily written jokes and comparisons to 2016, as we do not have a clue as yet as to provenance of this happening and where it will lead. All we know for the moment is that someone named “Robert” using an AOL account, and claiming to have a “variety of documents from [Trump’s] legal and court documents to internal campaign discussions” has been sending internal Trump campaign emails to Politico and the Trump campaign confirms the hack, claiming that Iran is responsible.
This could as easy be one of Trump’s hair-brained schemes as easy as it could be a serious security breech, but it interesting that one of the documents leaked appears to be a “dossier” prepared for the vetting of Trump’s running mate JD Vance, so make of that what you will:
“Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said Saturday that some of its internal communications had been hacked.
The acknowledgment came after POLITICO began receiving emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump’s operation.
The campaign blamed “foreign sources hostile to the United States,” citing a Microsoft report on Friday that Iranian hackers “sent a spear phishing email in June to a high-ranking official on a presidential campaign.” Microsoft did not identify the campaign targeted by the email and declined to comment Saturday. POLITICO has not independently verified the identity of the hacker or their motivation, and a Trump campaign spokesperson, Steven Cheung, declined to say if they had further information substantiating the campaigns’ suggestion that it was targeted by Iran.
“These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,” Cheung said. “On Friday, a new report from Microsoft found that Iranian hackers broke into the account of a ‘high ranking official’ on the U.S. presidential campaign in June 2024, which coincides with the close timing of President Trump’s selection of a vice presidential nominee.”…
… On July 22, POLITICO began receiving emails from an anonymous account. Over the course of the past few weeks, the person — who used an AOL email account and identified themselves only as “Robert” — relayed what appeared to be internal communications from a senior Trump campaign official. A research dossier the campaign had apparently done on Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, which was dated Feb. 23, was included in the documents. The documents are authentic, according to two people familiar with them and granted anonymity to describe internal communications. One of the people described the dossier as a preliminary version of Vance’s vetting file.”
As for myself I find the timing of this story, as well as the fact that the Trump campaign announced it, to be suspicious.
But I am suspicious of everything Trump does.
What some others think:
I’m shocked to discover that the Trump team did *any* vetting of Vance.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) August 10, 2024
Yup
That can't be good for JD Vance. pic.twitter.com/LDZPUomK1f
— Mayo 🤍 (@MayoIsSpicyy) August 10, 2024
🤣🤣🤣
The real news appears to be that someone still uses an AOL account.
— Jimbo 💪🦬💪 (@politicaljimbo) August 10, 2024
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I call bullshit. Trump is getting his ass kicked so all they have are attempts to evoke sympathy. And frankly, nobody cares.
— Henry M. Rosenberg (@DoctorHenryCT) August 10, 2024
Quite possible.
Be careful…
Remember when one of Trump’s tax returns was “leaked” to Rachel Maddow— and it turned out it was the only year he actually paid taxes.
So it made him look good.
Good chance they leaked this stuff themselves, too, especially if it’s oddly not incriminating.
— Orwell’s Ghost (@planterspunch7) August 10, 2024
Yup
The real issue with the Headline is the Headline itself.
“Trump’s campaign says it was hacked”
Can’t believe Anything that comes from him, his Campaign
Period
— Kerri Hope (@khope199) August 10, 2024
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It will be interesting to see what comes out in the next couple of news cycles, if this is a Trump maneuver, history teaches us he could just as easily step on his crank as see anything positive come from it.
Can’t be comfortable for Vance tho…
The half blown off ear that miraculously healed overnight without leaving a trace……the plane that made an emergency landing on the heels of the outing of Trump’s BS helicopter lie…….and now, the campaign hack that produced nothing.
Why would someone with an in to the campaign out themselves for absolutely no reason.
Now that they are getting their asses kicked in the news cycles they will do or say anything for attention.
Desperately pathetic in every way.
At this point in time, when he NOW REALIZES he’s TOAST….HE will try anything to throw a wrench in the WORKS! I DON’T trust him, PERIOD.
“I call bullshit. Trump is getting his ass kicked so all they have are attempts to evoke sympathy.”
I call bullshit, too, because no self-respecting hacker would still be using a Yahoo account. Really funny.
Probably had that old reprobate Roger Stone do it…
Were it not for the AOL connection, I might have thought pootie pie was sensing a change in the wind and might want to get on President Harris’ good side so that he could at LEAST negotiate a peace treaty allowing him to keep a bit of Crimea.
No, there are too many pity-party attempts going on: the staged “assassination” attempt, the mechanical problems of an old jet that hasn’t been properly maintained being another “assassination” attempt, too much b.s. This latest, if it is fake, is the weakest of them all and the stupidest to try: who in the hell wouldn’t say “hmmm, karma’s a bitch boy and wants a nibble of yo’ ass” then laughing their asses off.
von shitzinpants must really be dredging the bottom of the talent barrel for campaign staff.
The amount of WORK they do to make all this shit up.
If only they used all that energy to go something worthwhile, anything…
Calling: Widdle Stevie Miller…got anything good? Oops, sorry wrong number…
That is “Pee Wee German”!