White House and Harris campaign deny using Trump campaign info from Iran hack

The White House and Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign on Thursday denied using any information on former President Donald Trump that the FBI claimed were stolen by Iranian hackers.

Multiple U.S. intelligence agencies on Wednesday revealed that the group of Iranian hackers who hacked Trump's and President Joe Biden's presidential campaigns this summer attempted to pass some of the information on Trump to Biden.

Trump's campaign called for the Harris and Biden campaigns on Wednesday night to divulge whether they used hacked material to hurt Trump. But the White House said Biden was only made aware of the attempt to share the information on Wednesday.

"We learned about the statement yesterday, and the president has been made aware of it now," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Thursday. "You've seen us take actions to hold accountable those who seek to undermine confidence in our democracy, and we will continue to do so."

The Harris campaign also said that the materials "were not used," and that they had cooperated with the law enforcement investigation. But they did not indicate whether they would comply with their opponent's request to disclose the information they received, according to ABC News.

"A few individuals were targeted on their personal emails with what looked like a spam or phishing attempt," Harris campaign spokesperson Morgan Finkelstein said in a statement.

The FBI, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) claimed the findings on Wednesday were the latest in Iran's efforts to "stoke discord and undermine confidence in our electoral process."  

The agencies also warned that hackers tried to send the private information from the Trump campaign to the U.S. media, but did not indicate whether any of the information was ever published. 

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.