Hours after President Joe Biden ended his re-election bid, an anonymous individual known only as "Robert" sent at least three major news outlets a trove of confidential leaked documents from Donald Trump's campaign. But upon receiving nuggets like the campaign's report vetting Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, as Trump's running mate, Politico, The New York Times and the Washington Post declined to publish any of the details.
It was the Trump campaign that first went public about the potential hack on Sunday, saying that Iranian agents were behind it but providing no evidence to back that claim. Afterwards, the news outlets published articles that focused on the alleged hacking that was potentially connected to the leak, which they described in only the broadest terms.
