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Pompeo slams White House after report about Iran’s election meddling: ‘Weakness and appeasement’

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the Biden-Harris administration of enabling Tehran after a report found the Trump campaign being targeted by Iranian officials.

FormerSecretaryofStateMikePompeocalledouttheWhiteHouseafterarecentintelligencereportfoundthatIranistryingtosabotageformerPresidentTrump’spresidentialcampaign,arguingthattheBiden-Harrisadministration’spolicyof“weaknessandappeasement”strengthensTehran. ThefindingswererevealedduringanOfficeoftheDirectorofNationalIntelligence(ODNI)pressbriefingonMonday.AnofficialsaidthatU.S.spyagencies“observedTehranworkingtoinfluencethepresidentialelection,”likelybecauseIranianleaderswanttoavoidescalatinganyconflictswiththeU.S.  Theregimeisallegedlyusing“vastwebsofonlinepersonasandpropagandamills,”tospreaddisinformation.ThoughtheODNIdidnotexplicitlysaythatIranwasaimingatTrump,anofficialsaidthey“haven’tobservedashiftinIran’spreferences”since2020,meaningthatTehranwasstilltargetingtheRepubli