Iranian hackers sent stolen Trump materials to Biden campaign: FBI

Iranian hackers not only stole information from former President Donald Trump's campaign, but they shared it with President Joe Biden's team in an effort to interfere in the election, the FBI said Wednesday.

Officials said there is no evidence the Biden campaign solicited or responded to the emails.

The emails, which were sent in late June and early July to Biden's campaign before the president dropped out of the presidential race on July 21, “contained an excerpt taken from stolen, non-public material from former President Trump’s campaign as text in the emails,” according to a U.S. government statement.

The hackers have continued to send emails to media organizations concerning Trump's campaign, and publications have refused to publish the details.

"This malicious cyber activity is the latest example of Iran’s multipronged approach, as noted in the joint August statement , to stoke discord and undermine confidence in our electoral process," the FBI said in the statement. "As the lead for threat response, the FBI has been tracking this activity, has been in contact with the victims, and will continue to investigate and gather information in order to pursue and disrupt the threat actors responsible."

The Trump campaign responded swiftly to the agency's announcement.

"This is further proof the Iranians are actively interfering in the election to help Kamala Harris and Joe Biden because they know President Trump will restore his tough sanctions and stand against their reign of terror," said Karoline Leavitt, Trump campaign spokeswoman. "Kamala and Biden must come clean on whether they used the hacked material given to them by the Iranians to hurt President Trump."

"What did they know and when did they know it?" she added.

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The FBI noted that "Russia, Iran, and China are trying by some measure to exacerbate divisions in U.S. society for their own benefit, and see election periods as moments of vulnerability."

"Efforts by these, or other foreign actors, to undermine our democratic institutions are a direct threat to the U.S. and will not be tolerated," the bureau concluded.