Leftist journo ‘doing Iran’s bidding’ by publishing hacked Vance document

A left-wing journalist was slammed for “doing Iran’s bidding” when he published a Trump campaign document that was hacked and leaked by the Islamic Republic.

Ken Klippenstein, formerly of The Intercept, published the document claimed to be the 271-page oppo research dossier on Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) on his Substack page, a part of the cache of internal documents that were given to the Biden campaign and several major news outlets.

The dossier which is a compilation of the Ohio senator’s “vulnerabilities” was sent to Politico, the New York Times, and the Washington Post in an attempt to influence the election, none of the outlets decided to publish the information which was provided by email.

But apparently acting as a pawn for a hostile foreign power didn’t deter Klippenstein because such trivial concerns as journalistic ethics and national security are irrelevant when it comes to helping Democrats achieve their goal of a one-party state, and he shared the document which included private personal information that wasn’t redacted.

After he published the Iranian-hacked document, the journo had his X account suspended for violating the social media platform’s policy by posting “unredacted private personal information” about the senator.

“Ken Klippenstein was temporarily suspended for violating our rules on posting unredacted private personal information, specifically Sen. Vance’s physical addresses and the majority of his Social Security number,” an X spokesperson said.

It’s troubling that the reporter wouldn’t go to the trouble of ensuring that Vance’s address wasn’t shared with those who might seek to do him – and his family – harm, especially so considering the two failed assassination attempts on Trump as well as the climate of hate and violence that’s been fomented by Democrats and their toadies in the media.

“The terror regime in Iran loves the weakness and stupidity of Kamala Harris and is terrified of the strength and resolve of President Donald J. Trump,” Trump campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung said in a statement. “It’s sad some reporters and media outlets have decided to do Iran’s bidding.”

“Behold the dossier,” Klippenstein wrote on Substack. “It reportedly comes from an alleged Iranian government hack of the Trump campaign, and since June, the news media has been sitting on it (and other documents), declining to publish in fear of finding itself at odds with the government’s campaign against ‘foreign malign influence.’ I disagree. The dossier has been offered to me and I’ve decided to publish it because it’s of keen public interest in an election season.”

Intelligence officials have briefed Trump about alleged efforts by Iran to assassinate him.

Chris Donaldson

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