DOJ Confirms Iranian Agents Want to Assassinate Trump, NYC Mayor Adams Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ to Corruption Charged, Hurricane Helene Ravages Southeast | Sept. 27

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🗓️ 27 September 2024

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The DOJ confirmed that Iranian agents hacked the Trump campaign this summer. They also confirmed that Iranians want to assassinate Trump as well. Trump met with Ukrainian President Zelensky. New York Mayor Eric Adams pleads “not guilty” to corruption charges. Hurricane Helene continues to cause chaos. Relevant Links https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/09/26/msnbcs-interview-harris-shows-how-media-are-treating-election-coronation/ Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda

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0:00.0	I'm Kate Trinco and this is the Daily Signal top news for Friday, September 27th. Three men connected to Iran have been indicted in relation to a hacking plot against the presidential campaign of former President Donald Trump according to the Justice Department.
0:30.0	On Friday, the DOJ announced the names of the three suspects who have been accused of working with
0:35.2	Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. A report by Fox News listed the long list of charges against the
0:41.7	three men, which included identity theft and wire fraud.
0:45.3	According to the DOJ, the men were engaged in a wide-ranging hacking campaign that used
0:50.6	spearfishing and social engineering techniques to target and compromise the accounts of current and former U.S. government officials, members of the media,
0:58.6	non-governmental organizations, and individuals associated with US political campaigns.
1:04.0	Last week the federal government acknowledged that the Trump campaign had been targeted by real and specific threats by Iran not only to disrupt his campaign but to assassinate the former president.
1:13.6	Trump campaign communications director Stephen Chung said in a press release, according to Fox
1:18.0	News, intelligence officials have identified that these continued and coordinated attacks have
1:23.8	heightened in the past few months and law enforcement officials across all
1:27.3	agencies are working to ensure President Trump is protected and the election
1:31.6	is free from interference.
1:35.0	Former President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Zilinsky on Friday.
1:40.0	After the meeting Trump said that he will do his best to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
1:45.0	Trump said, according to the Hill, we're going to work very much with both parties to try and get this settled.
1:51.0	Trump said that he has a good relationship with Zolenski as well as with Russian
1:54.8	President Vladimir Putin.
1:56.8	So we have a very good relationship and I also have a very good relationship as you know with
2:01.5	President Putin and I think if we win I
2:04.6	think we're gonna get it resolved very quickly very worried I really think we're
2:08.3	going to get it I know we have more good relations we're gonna have a whole
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