Trump's 270-Page Dossier of JD Vance's 'Vulnerabilities' Hacked by Iran

[DFab420]

Source: Politico

Politico reports that it was sent communications from inside the Trump campaign, including Sen. J.D. Vance’s (R-OH) 271-page vetting file, allegedly by an Iranian hacker.

The outlet said that it has been receiving anonymous emails containing internal communications from the Trump campaign. The campaign acknowledged the authenticity of the communications on Saturday, accusing “foreign sources hostile to the United States,” for leaking them.

“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,” Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung told Politico. “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.”



Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-270-page-dossier-of-jd-vances-vulnerabilities-hacked-by-iran

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I actually don't believe they were hacked and this is just the Trump campaign trying to ditch Vance.

[kimbutgar]

1. Yes I feel that vibe also!

But can he legally ditch him now?

[DFab420]

5. Apparently the Republican party has something called Rule 9 that allows them to fill any vacanecy on the ticket.

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R48122

See page 16.

[kimbutgar]

7. Bummer

The only good thing is the convicted felon would lose tech Bo money. Vance is Thiels pick!

[BlueKota]

62. Donny Jr. & Eric

also might throw temper tantrums. Didn't they urge Daddy to pick J.D. too?

[Codifer]

35. For a moment,

I was thinking "Plan 9 From Outer Space".

Not sure I was wrong to do that considering all that has gone on with this crew of weirdos.

[Zoomie1986]

49. Of course they have a mechanism for replacing a candidate

The Democrats do as well. It's called being prepared for the worst. People die. They get sick or become too incapacitated to serve.

[bullimiami]

2. Boo fucking hoo.

[Deuxcents]

3. They should know how "foreign sources" work, don't ya think? 🤔

[orange jar]

4. 270 pages of "vulnerabilities?"

Quick, how many couch variants exist?

[Think. Again.]

10. 270?

[yourout]

13. Huge fonts and pictures. That's the only way they could get him to read it

[fierywoman]

25. Maybe Shady studied the Kama Sutra?

[rzemanfl]

29. Kama Sofa.

[fierywoman]

30. ---

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

38. Excellent! ...nt

[et tu]

34. right! a furniture store catalog lol nt

[Carlitos Brigante]

39. I can't tell how many. But each one gets progressively shittier in every dimension you're go to. nt

[Clouds Passing]

6. Or just like the fake assassination attempt, they're doing a fake hack.

So they can blame it on the Democrats. And justify hacking the Democratic accounts.

[DENVERPOPS]

61. BINGO

It's just like them saying the Dems control the Media and the media is all left wing, when in reality it is just the opposite.

Or them saying the Dems are tampering with the voting, voting machines, ballots, etc etc etc when in reality it is them doing all the nefarious shit with voting.

Or them telling all their voters that everything except FOX News was "FAKE NEWS", when in reality it is Fox that lies and makes up stories and news reports.....

[Beakybird]

8. I think that with confirmation from Microsoft, this really happened.

If Trump hired Vance despite damning information that Americans are not yet aware of, this reflects poorly on Trump's judgment.
I think that this is bound to get leaked.

[prodigitalson]

36. all campaigns do oppo research on themselves (or potential running mates in the case of POTUS)

oppo/oppo they call it

[Freethinker65]

9. So Politico sent the info to ?

I seem to remember opposition info gotten by a foreign country being sent to and used by Republicans against the opposition. Odd Iran would send the info to Politico.

[WestMichRad]

11. Dems don't need opposition research on Vance

His vulnerabilities are blindingly obvious, as he shows us every day.

[Raven123]

31. I'm wondering what they identify as his strengths

Anything about Project 2025?

[Think. Again.]

12. Interesting that they are tying Iran into this...

...I wonder what's behind that?

[evolves]

14. Irony is officially dead and buried

“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,” Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung told Politico.

[groundloop]

15. Imagine that, all of a sudden 45* is worried about the Democratic Process

[Linda ladeewolf]

16. Trumps own campaign

Is probably the ones who had it done. Threat of a war might make solid Kamala voters hesitate just like the adds against Hillary did. They could even be working with Iran, after what Reagan did to Carter who could be sure?

[4catsmom]

20. Makes sense

they came up with the 'assassination attempt' as well, IMO

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

23. Funny how he was shot in the ear, yet three weeks later it looks like it did before

Must be one of them fake TV wounds or something they use with actors.

[forgotmylogin]

44. I wouldn't be surprised.

Donold wants to lay groundwork to start shit with Iran. If it was a hacker *from* Iran and it was sent to news sources that sounds more like whistleblowing.

[all speculation on my part]

[DENVERPOPS]

63. As we get closer to the election,

I suspect there are countless plans by the Repubs and Trump to torpedo the Dems.

Every presidential election, a few weeks before the election, the do what has come to be known as their "OCTOBER SURPRISE".

Some purely bullshit falsehood to try and throw the election to the Republican, and done so close to the election there is no time for a fact check or investigation by the Dems to cry foul.

For instance, 2016 was FBI Director Comey? declaring he had just received 2000 pages of new emails by Hillary. In reality those emails had already been gone over for a year with nothing found. But his announcement got some voters to believe that certainly there was about to be some revelation that showed her emails would show Hillary was corrupt.

This year, I fully expect there to be repetitive Republican "October Surprises" from now until the election......maybe even weekly......
This hacking stuff could be the start.......saying that the Dems asked Iran to hack the Republicans and give the Dems the info....

And, Black Flag kind of stuff........

[COL Mustard]

57. "Psst...Hey Iran...Over Here"

Our password is "password" but don't tell anybody. We'll change it next week.

[hlthe2b]

17. I can't believe it was only 270 pages. Hell, Project 2025 is 900 and his fingers are all over that...

[underpants]

53. I can't believe someone had to write 270 pages about him

Siri, give me synonyms for “boring” “weird” and “out of his league”.

[Faux pas]

18. I'm voting for last ditch too

[Botany]

19. Does not pass my smell test

N/t

[deurbano]

21. Is Politico releasing the documents? Or will they only do that if Wikileaks releases them

first?

[MorbidButterflyTat]

22. Oh right

Iran, sure. Iran is interfering in the US elections and democracy, says the dictator.

Foreign interference is only cool when done by Russia for Felon 45.

These pukes are LIARS. LIARS. LIARS.

Funny, though, how the hacker supposedly sent the "hacked documents" to Politico, rather than a more legit news source, that might ask questions, like, how the hell do you know it was Iran? Any number of countries hate his rancid criminal guts.

[Marcuse]

24. I'm back.

[FakeNoose]

26. Grain of salt ... until we know where this really came from

[no_hypocrisy]

27. If true, kinda like 2016 karma.

With the DNC's e-mails, etc. being hacked. And Hillary's e-mails.

[Attilatheblond]

28. Looking forward to October, myself

and not just because it may start to cool down here in AZ about then.

[OAITW r.2.0]

32. I think so too. Let all the dirt get exposed and JD will have to resign.

There is far more damaging emails on the Trump campaign that doesn't get released. hmmmmm

[underpants]

54. Honestly, I wonder how much was about how MAGA would respond to his wife

Just this week, he was asked what made him happy. He didn’t have an answer. Who the hell doesn’t say “My wife and kids”???? Unless he’s been told to not bring her up by the Trump camp.

[hedda_foil]

33. I"m calling it noe. They"re gonna dump JV and draft Haley.

[harumph]

37. Complete utter horseshit.

[niyad]

40. The misogynist prick just turned 40 a week ago. How in the HELL does he

(or anyone, really), have 270 pages of vulnerabilities???WTAF has he been doing with his evidently misbegotten life?

[BattleRow]

56. So many couches

So little time..

[Jarqui]

41. "Iran, if you are listening, JD needs his digital couch back .." ..nt

[area51]

43. Nelson said it best

[Diraven]

45. Cue the Russians

Watch Trump publicly call on Russia to hack the DNC again now in retaliation.

[Akakoji]

46. Or get more attention for his all grievance

never a solution party of resentment and hatred. Then again, maybe there are couch tapes!

[slightlv]

47. The first time I read Trump's camp saying this

after the Microsoft warning, my thoughts were "bah"... "sure" he was hacked... just like he was absolutely shot in the ear by one of his supporters. There is nothing new under the sun with Old Don, all he can yell now is "me, too!" Although, as someone at the center of hacking Hillary and the DNC, I guess he *ought* to know what hacking actually looks like! I still say "bah".. he wasn't hacked. He just wants the attention, and a reason to sue once he loses the election!

[canetoad]

48. Maybe

Do you recall when Sarah Palin had her Yahoo account hacked? Used it for personal, state and campaign business if I recall.

The hacker took a guess at her 'secret' questions. All publically available knowledge. I'd imagine that Lara is no more experienced in security.

[Baitball Blogger]

50. So where are we supposed to direct our shock and surprise?

Should it be because Iran hacked them? Or because JD Vance has 270 pages worth of vulnerabilities?

[bucolic_frolic]

51. The 3 week window of silence indicates something big is up

Something like a boatload of whining litigation and a "You're Fired!" pink slip for Vance.

Is Nikki, Marco, or Ted available? He still might be able to save Texas or Florida

[mucifer]

52. Wow looks like I'm the only one who thinks this makes republicans look weak

[Scrivener7]

55. Lying liars lying. They leaked it themselves.

[onandup]

58. Why did they confirm it so quickly?

And the Iran talk is speculation. If a real Iranian hack they should stay quiet and let law enforcement work.

[ecstatic]

59. Lol, that's my thought as well. Working with putin to frame Iran

And ditch jd.

[JT45242]

60. Bill shit...period

The only vetting they did was take Putin marching orders through Orban's delivery of the message.

Putin like the south African proApartheid slavers like Thiel and Musk.

Putin chose a Thiel sycophant and TFG did what he was told by Putin. As he has ever since he got swallowed up in laundering Russian money decades ago.

[FakeNoose]

67. Right, but why would Pootie allow using Iran as the black-hat hackers?

Putin has been shielding Iran from international criticism, unless some kind of falling out is happening. This fake-sounding story doesn't smell right.

If Pootie were behind this then the story would be about "Israeli hackers" not "Iranian".

[mdbl]

64. They could have just read his hillbilly book

would have saved them the trouble.

[IronLionZion]

65. Trump campaign just wants an excuse to replace Vance

not that they have many better choices. How about Nikki Haley

[Kid Berwyn]

66. "He's Weird."

"He's Creepy" has its own chapter.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

68. Karma

Link to tweet

[mucholderthandirt]

69. My opinion is this is all a fake.

They need some sort of means to "leak" something about JD Vance so he can be removed from the ticket without the MAGA heads exploding.

He's far too young to have done enough for 270 pages of anything about him. There's no way they had that much bad or good stuff about him and still chose him. I don't care who waved the money, you can't have someone like Vance in that position if they were going to lose the election because of it.

All Trump has is lies, lies, and more lies, on top of ranting about the other candidate being liberal, crazy, dump and whatever is in the fruit salad today.

[Happy Hoosier]

70. And yet... not published anywhere. Funny how that works. NT