Trump blames Iran for email hack and says only publicly available information stolen

Microsoft appears to confirm that alleged hackers with ties to Iran sent email from account of a former senior adviser'

Donald Trump said that only publicly available information" had been stolen by a hack of his campaign for the presidency as he pinned the dramatic theft on the Iranian government.

The news of an alleged hack emerged amid reports from the news website Politico that it had begun getting emails from an anonymous account with internal documents from the Trump campaign, including a vetting dossier on his running mate JD Vance.