FBI is playing hardball with Congress over Iran's hacking of Trump's campaign

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 October 5, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is not cooperating with Congress's investigation of Iran's hacking of former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign.

Fox News reports that the FBI is now refusing to even brief the House Judiciary Committee on the matter.

The outlet spoke with U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the chairman of the committee, about the situation, and suffice it to say that Jordan is not happy with what is taking place.

The FBI has also released a statement on the matter.

Many questions, few answers

This was one of the themes of Jordan's interview with Fox, namely, that many questions about the hacking incident remain unanswered.

"This hacking of the Trump campaign by Iran — it looks like there was a dossier on JD Vance — that dossier winds up at the Harris campaign, and somehow, it happens to wind up in the press," he said.

Jordan added:

There are lots of questions, like when did you find out about this? How did you find out about this? Did you give Trump a defensive briefing? Who was the person in the Harris campaign who got the information? How did they get the information? When did they tell you they had the information? How did it then get to the press?

The committee leader went on to say that it is hard to understand why the FBI is not cooperating, arguing that, if the shoe was on the other foot, there would probably be a "special counsel" by now, at the very least.

Jordan also highlighted the urgency of the situation, noting that Iran "is the same country that says they are trying to assassinate President Trump," among others.

The FBI responds - kind of

The FBI did provide a brief statement to Fox News.

The outlet reports, "The FBI has told Fox News Digital that it is committed to working with the committee, but did not say if or when officials would brief Jordan."

This all comes after it was revealed that Trump campaign materials were hacked by Iran and given to Harris and the mainstream media.

Suspects were arrested toward the end of September. Fox, separately, reported:

Three men connected to Iran have been indicted in relation to a hacking plot against former President Donald Trump's campaign, the Department of Justice announced Friday. Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri and Yasar Balaghi are the three suspects named in the case, according to a federal indictment unsealed Friday afternoon.

As Jordan points out, however, there are still a lot of unknowns about the situation - as there are unknowns about the assassination attempts on Trump.

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