'Not what happened': Journalist fact-checks Trump's claim Harris 'illegally' spied on him

Donald Trump was fact-checked after claiming Vice President Kamala Harris "illegally" spied on his campaign.

Trump Wednesday night responded to news that Iranian hackers sent unsolicited data they took from Trump's presidential campaign to people who are associated with President Joe Biden’s ill-fated presidential campaign over the summer.

On Truth Social, the former president said, "WOW, JUST OUT! THE FBI CAUGHT IRAN SPYING ON MY CAMPAIGN, AND GIVING ALL OF THE INFORMATION TO THE KAMALA HARRIS CAMPAIGN."

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"THEREFORE SHE AND HER CAMPAIGN WERE ILLEGALLY SPYING ON ME," the ex-president then claimed. "TO BE KNOWN AS THE IRAN, IRAN, IRAN CASE! WILL KAMALA RESIGN IN DISGRACE FROM POLITICS? WILL THE COMMUNIST LEFT PICK A NEW CANDIDATE TO REPLACE HER?"

HuffPost reporter Yashar Ali fact-checked the ex-president.

"This is NOT what happened," the reporter wrote Wednesday. "In a joint statement, the ODNI and FBI confirmed that Islamic Republic of Iran hackers stole non-public material from Trump’s campaign as part of an effort to sow chaos in the political system and impact its outcome."

He continued:

"In that statement, they noted that these hackers sent this non-public material to people associated with President Biden’s campaign (this is when he was still in the race). The statement says that the material was sent to these folks unsolicited and that they did not reply. The statement also confirmed that these hackers continued to send this material to other reporters."

Finally, according to Ali's report, "So far, this material hasn’t been shared publicly by any of these parties. The Harris campaign says they have no record of these materials being sent to the campaign."