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WASHINGTON D.C. (WSAU) – The Department of Justice is nearing the end of an investigation into Iranian-backed hackers who attempted to access files belonging to former President Trump’s reelection campaign.
DOJ officials believe they have enough evidence, according to reports from the Associated Press and The Washington Post, to file a lawsuit against the hackers who were able to access Trump’s lawyer Lindsey Halligan and senior campaign adviser Susie Wiles’s email accounts and tried to sell the data to media outlets earlier this summer.
The Trump campaign admitted in recent weeks to being hacked last month, blaming Iran for it, following Politico’s story that it had obtained a dossier on Republican Sen. JD Vance, which was allegedly created by the campaign months before Vance was chosen to be Trump’s Vice President. Both Microsoft and Google also confirmed they detected a foreign breach on campaign-related accounts earlier this year.
A person or people going by the online handle “Robert” were reportedly the focus of the FBI’s investigation into the crime. At this time, it remains unknown what the precise charges will be and who will be charged.
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