Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate on August 08, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The FBI said Monday afternoon that it is investigating what the Trump campaign has characterized as a successful effort to hack into its campaign and steal private documents. The FBI statement comes after Politico , The Washington Post and The New York Times reported over the weekend that they had received seemingly authentic files stolen from the Trump campaign.
A Trump campaign spokesperson said Saturday that it had been hacked in June. NBC News has not received any of the purported files. More from NBC News: Woman recalls alleged sexual abuse at age 3 in Michigan church, lawsuit says House conservatives push for funding fight as shutdown looms weeks before election Jordan Chiles' case is unusual.
Most returned Olympic medals are for cheating. The FBI has not released any other information or characterized what hack, if any, happened. The Trump campaign has claimed that the files were part of an Iranian hacking operation that Microsoft had announced on Friday, citing the report as evidence.
Microsoft has declined to comment, citing its policy of not sharing customer details without permission. The company does share such details if the customer formally asks Microsoft to do so, a spokesperson told NBC News. The Trump campaign did not respond to an email asking it to clarify whether it .