WASHINGTON — U.S. law enforcement agencies announced charges Friday against three Iranians who allegedly stole material from former President Donald Trump’s campaign and used it to influence the news media and Democrats in an effort to influence the 2024 election. Tried to deliver.

The Department of Justice sealed the deal The indictment Details of a years-long hacking scheme by Iran that targeted the email accounts of US government officials, journalists, think tanks and, most recently, the 2024 presidential campaign.

“The defendants’ words make it clear that they were trying to undermine former President Trump’s campaign ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said. said At Friday’s press conference, prosecutors believe the defendants operated from Iran and were never in the United States.

“We know that Iran continues its brazen efforts to foment discord, undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral process and advance its nefarious activities for the (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps),” Garland said. Garland said.

The unsealed indictment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia comes three days after the Trump campaign revealed that the former president was wanted by U.S. intelligence officials “for his murder,” according to a statement from Steven Cheung on Tuesday. was briefed on the “real and specific threats” posed by Iran. Campaign Communications Director.

“My life is in grave danger from Iran,” Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, posted on X Wednesday. Trump suggested At a campaign stop in Mint Hill, North Carolina, that Iran may be responsible for two assassination attacks on him.

The Office of the US Director of National Intelligence has not released a statement on the matter. Its latest Press release Focuses on the Iranian plot to hack the Trump campaign.

Global politics dominated the US presidential election headlines on Friday as Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Trump Tower after announcing the invitation late on Thursday. Press conference where he promised to sign a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia “very soon” if elected.

The pair met behind closed doors at Trump’s New York City skyscraper this week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, and a day after Zelenskiy. Traveled to Washington. to meet with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden and bipartisan lawmakers.

“After November we have to decide, and we hope that the power of the United States will be very strong, and we trust it. That’s why I decided to meet with both candidates,” Zelenskiy said. said During brief joint remarks with Trump before the meeting.

Trump, Conn Refused In a live presidential debate to say whether he wanted Ukraine to win its war with Russia, he deviated from that stance and indicated on Friday that he wanted a victory for the Western ally.

“I think the fact that we’re still together today is a very good sign, and hopefully we’ll get a good victory, because (if) the other side wins, I don’t think you can come away with anything. There are going to be victories, to be honest with you,” Trump said during joint remarks.

During the exchange, Trump highlighted his “very good relationship” with Putin and said he could resolve the war “very quickly.”

“But you know, it takes two to tango,” he said.

Harris traveled to the US southern border on Friday to stump for a bilateral border security deal. Collapsed In early 2024, shortly after Trump publicly mocked him.

According to a senior campaign official, Harris had scheduled a key campaign speech in the border town of Douglas, Arizona, where he would discuss setting up and enforcing new immigration laws at the border. The plan was made.

“Donald Trump cares more about his own interests than solutions. He wants a problem to continue, not a solution for the American people,” Harris campaign spokesman Ammar Musa said in a statement Friday.

“While he was president, Trump created chaos at the border, took our already broken immigration system and made it worse — leaving a mess for the Biden-Harris administration to clean up. Americans deserve a president like that. who puts national security above self-interest — that is Kamala Harris,” the statement continued.

Trump has been attacking Harris over border crossings in the U.S. — a central issue of his campaign — calling him a dishonest “border czar” and claiming he has “made the history of the world “Worst border crisis”.

“When you look at the four years after the name ‘Border Czar,’ Kamala Harris will visit the southern border that she has completely destroyed,” Trump said at his press conference Thursday.

Biden, in February 2021, responsible Harris came up with strategies to combat the “root causes” of migration from Central American countries, including economic insecurity, government corruption and gender-based violence.

Trump has historically painted the complex issue of immigration along the U.S. southern border with a broad brush, announcing his first presidential campaign in 2015 as a “rapist” against Mexican immigrants. During his own presidency in 2018, he warned about immigrants.ConvoysEntering the United States from Mexico. He Promised mass deportations. If elected in November

US Department of Homeland Security publicly The release Number of border encounters, apprehensions and evictions.

The presidential and vice-presidential candidates are scheduled to appear as follows:

• Harris will speak Friday in Douglas, Arizona.
• Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks Friday in Walker, Michigan, followed by a town hall in Warren, Michigan.
• Trump is expected to attend Saturday’s Alabama-Georgia football game at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Confirmed Last week by the Status Newsroom.
• To get a head start on the college football scene, Harris’ running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walls is scheduled to attend Saturday’s Michigan-Minnesota football game in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
• Harris will travel to Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday.
• Trump will also host a rally on Sunday, this time in Erie, Pennsylvania.