Lara Trump claims 'the swamp' is behind campaign hack: 'The jig is up'
Donald Trump's 2024 campaign was recently the target of hackers, who stole vetting materials on two Republicans the GOP nominee considered for his running mate: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and Sen. JD Vance (the Ohio Republican Trump ended up choosing). And the materials were sent to three major media outlets: the New York Times, the Washington Post and Politico.
The former president's daughter-in-law Lara Trump, who co-chairs the Republican National Committee (RNC), is blaming "the deep state" for the hacking as well as for the technical problems that plagued X during CEO Elon Musk's Monday, August 12 interview with him.
During an appearance on Fox News, Lara Trump told far-right host Sean Hannity, "Yeah, Sean, I think it's pretty obvious at this point. There are a lot of people out there, and there's a massive effort, of course, to keep Donald Trump out of the White House. These people are terrified."
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Lara Trump continued, "This is the deep state. This is a swamp in Washington, D.C. These are the people who are our adversaries in many cases, and they know that the jig is up, the game is over, when Donald J. Trump returns to the White House. And they're petrified of it."
Hannity, like Lara Trump, suggested that a conspiracy was being carried out.
The far-right Fox News host told Lara Trump, "We're not dealing with amateurs here. Now, they have gone hard after Elon Musk tonight, and limiting the number of people that could listen to your father-in-law earlier tonight."
Reporting on Lara Trump's comments, The Hill's Sarah Fortinsky noted that Lara Trump "offered no direct evidence for her charges of 'deep state' involvement in either of the attacks. "
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"The deep state generally refers to people working within the government, and has been used by the former president and his allies in the past as an enemy to bolster their supporters," Fortinsky explained. "Iran appears to be the primary suspect in the hack of the campaign, according to a report from Microsoft citing an Iran-backed group and a phishing e-mail, though Tehran has denied the accusations. The FBI announced it was investigating Monday evening."
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