The 2024 election is shaping up to be one for the history books. But many are already sweating.
Because a devastating election integrity report leaves Americans with many questions.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo didn’t hold back in his criticism of the White House following a recent intelligence report that revealed Iran is trying to sabotage former President Trump’s presidential campaign.
Pompeo argues that the Biden-Harris administration’s policy of “weakness and appeasement” is empowering Tehran.
The explosive findings came to light during an Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) press briefing on Monday.
An official disclosed that U.S. spy agencies have “observed Tehran working to influence the presidential election,” likely because Iranian leaders want to avoid escalating conflicts with the U.S.
The regime is reportedly deploying “vast webs of online personas and propaganda mills” to spread disinformation.
While the ODNI stopped short of explicitly naming Trump as the target, an official noted that they “haven’t observed a shift in Iran’s preferences” since 2020, implying Tehran’s continued focus on the Republican candidate.
Pompeo, in a conversation with Fox News Digital on Tuesday, expressed no surprise at Iran’s meddling. He explained that Iran was “isolated, broke, and weak” when he left office in January 2021 and blamed the Biden administration for enabling the Iranian regime.
“It is not surprising that the Iranian regime would want to do everything in its power to prevent a second Trump administration,” Pompeo stated.
“The Biden-Harris administration, on the other hand, has pursued a program of weakness and appeasement, and Iran is flush with cash and powerful once more as a result.”
Pompeo also remarked that Tehran “despises” American values and is likely to continue interfering with the 2024 presidential election.
“It will do everything it can to meddle in our democracy to support Kamala Harris, who will continue the same policies of weakness and keep the regime rich and powerful,” he added.
Predictably, the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran denied the interference allegations on Monday.
“Iran does not engage in any objectives or activities intended to influence the U.S. election,” a spokesperson claimed, dismissing the accusations as “psychological operations designed to artificially pep up election campaigns.”
In a separate but equally troubling incident, Tehran was accused of plotting to kill Trump on July 13, following a gunman’s attack at a Butler, Pennsylvania, rally. Iran’s Permanent Mission labeled these claims “unsubstantiated and malicious.”
FBI deputy director Paul Abbate, speaking during a joint hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, stated that officials are “not ruling anything out” regarding Iran’s possible involvement.
“We have no information that there are any co-conspirators, foreign or domestic, including Iran, related to this, but we’re not — I want to be clear — we have no evidence of that,” Abbate said. “We’re not ruling anything out. We’re looking into all possibilities and leaving our minds open to that.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment.
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