How the Trump campaign hack differs from Clinton’s in 2016

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After former President Donald Trump’s campaign was hacked earlier this week, the foreign interference is drawing comparisons to Russia’s influence campaign during the 2016 election.

The FBI is investigating the hack on Trump’s campaign and possible threats to the Democrats’ campaign, with officials saying both the current and future threats on Trump’s campaign could be tied to Iran. At least three outlets, Politico, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, were sent internal communications from Trump’s campaign, but have not posted the emails.

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