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Former President Donald Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of corruptly accepting campaign help from Iran in an all-caps message that included no evidence to back a questionable claim that the FBI rejects.
The Republican presidential nominee took to his social media site Truth Social Thursday morning to rant against the Democratic presidential nominee he claimed should face prosecution.
"WHEN DOES KAMALA AND HER CAMPAIGN GO BEFORE A GRAND JURY ON IRAN, IRAN, IRAN?" Trump wrote. "MY CAMPAIGN WHEN THROUGH HELL ON THE RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA HOAX. THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE IRAN/KAMALA CAMPAIGN CORRUPTION CASE IS REAL!"
Trump referred to news that an Iranian group hacked his campaign in June and attempted to access Democrats' in an attempt to influence the U.S. election, as was confirmed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in August.
On Wednesday, NBC News reported new evidence that Iranians sent stolen Trump campaign materials to people associated with President Joe Biden's campaign, but there was not evidence Biden's campaign responded.
A Harris spokesperson told NBC the campaign was unaware of receiving material but some people had received what looked like a phishing attempt on their person emails.
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Three federal law enforcement sources confirmed to NBC the recipients never responded and may not have even opened them.
This reporting did not stop Trump Wednesday night from accusing Harris of spying illegally on his campaign.
The Republican nominee responded to the news in a decidedly Trumpian way.
“TO BE KNOWN AS THE IRAN, IRAN, IRAN CASE!" Trump wrote. "WILL KAMALA RESIGN IN DISGRACE FROM POLITICS? WILL THE COMMUNIST LEFT PICK A NEW CANDIDATE TO REPLACE HER?”
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This take earned Trump an eye-roll from MSNBC analyst Steven Benen Thursday morning who noted — as the former president did not — that Iran targeted both campaigns.
"While Russia continues to target American elections in the hopes of putting Trump back in power, Tehran was an equal-opportunity hacker," Benen wrote.
"Trump sees this as an example of the Harris campaign 'illegally spying on' him, which is so utterly bonkers that it’s hard not to wonder whether the Republican understands what 'spying' means in English."
Benen also rejected the comparison to one of the several scandals that rocked Trump's 2016 presidential election.
"Team Trump welcomed, received, benefited from, and lied about Russian assistance," Benen wrote. "Team Harris didn’t welcome, receive, benefit from, or lie about Iranian offers of assistance, so the idea that the two are similar is absurd."