News outlets were sent leaked Trump campaign files. They chose not to publish them | CNN Business

Former President Donald Trump stands onstage with Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance during a July 20 campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. CNN — In the hours after President Joe Biden’s historic decision to step aside from the 2024 presidential race last month, journalists across three major US newsrooms began receiving emails from an anonymous person claiming to have tantalizing new information about the election. The individual, who identified themself only as “Robert,” sent a trove of private documents from inside Donald Trump’s campaign operation to journalists at Politico, The New York Times and The Washington Post. Beginning on July 22,Politico reported, it began receiving emails from an AOL email address that contained internal communications from a senior Trump campaign official and a research dossier the campaign had put together on Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance. The dossier included what the Trump campaign identified as Vance’s potential v...