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Who's Been Impersonating a Top Trump Administration Official?
Townhall ^ | May 30, 2025 | Jeff Charles |

Posted on 05/30/2025 10:37:51 AM PDT by george76

Federal authorities are reportedly investigating an effort to impersonate White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

Several individuals familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that the impersonator reached out to several prominent Republicans as Wiles.

In recent weeks, senators, governors, top U.S. business executives and other well-known figures have received text messages and phone calls from a person who claimed to be the chief of staff, the people familiar with the messages said.

But the messages weren’t from Wiles—and the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the White House are trying to figure out who is behind the effort and what the goal is, according to some of the people. FBI officials have told the White House they don’t believe a foreign nation is involved, some of the people said.

“The White House takes the cybersecurity of all staff very seriously, and this matter continues to be investigated,” a White House spokeswoman said.

“The FBI takes all threats against the president, his staff, and our cybersecurity with the utmost seriousness,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement. “Safeguarding our administration officials’ ability to securely communicate to accomplish the president’s mission is a top priority.”

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Wiles, the first woman to occupy this position, also managed President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign.

Someone in Trump’s orbit informed people that Wiles’ phone had been hacked. Some of those who received messages from the impersonator became suspicious after the individual asked them to continue the conversation using another messaging app such as Telegram.

But the effort didn’t only involve text messages. The Journal reported that someone using a voice that sounded like Wiles also called some of her contacts.

In some of the text messages, people received requests that they initially believed to be official. One lawmaker, for example, was asked by the impersonator to assemble a list of individuals who could be pardoned by the president.

It became clear to some of the lawmakers that the requests were suspicious when the impersonator began asking questions about Trump that Wiles should have known the answers to—and in one case, when the impersonator asked for a cash transfer, some of the people said. In many cases, the impersonator’s grammar was broken and the messages were more formal than the way Wiles typically communicates, people who have received the messages said. The calls and text messages also didn’t come from Wiles’s phone number.

U.S. intelligence agencies have looked into the impersonation, some of the people said. Members of Congress have been notified about the campaign to impersonate Wiles, some of the people said.

It couldn’t be determined how the impersonator was able to gain access to Wiles’s phone contacts, some of the people said.

Despite Wiles warning her contacts that she had been hacked, the impersonator is still sending messages. It is not yet clear what the individual is trying to accomplish.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: susiewiles; whitehouse; wiles

1 posted on 05/30/2025 10:37:51 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

AI.......................


2 posted on 05/30/2025 10:39:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: george76

Hunter Biden needs cash. Just sayin’.....


3 posted on 05/30/2025 10:41:57 AM PDT by Racketeer
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To: Red Badger

They can recreate voices frighteningly well, now.


4 posted on 05/30/2025 10:42:27 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: george76

“Who’s Been Impersonating a Top Trump Administration Official?”

How else do you expect me to pick up girls?


5 posted on 05/30/2025 10:43:15 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: george76

Maybe a Big Pharma lobbyist posing as chief of staff?


6 posted on 05/30/2025 10:43:20 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: george76

New Deep State plan? Recorded her voice and used AI to leave messages……


7 posted on 05/30/2025 10:43:49 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: Lockbox

The fact that they got hold of her contacts is more worrying than copying her voice.


8 posted on 05/30/2025 10:45:01 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: george76

FBI Director, Kash Patel says he is ‘on it’!


9 posted on 05/30/2025 10:45:23 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: george76

Impersonating? Didn’t DeSantis fire her for doing stuff like this?


10 posted on 05/30/2025 10:50:33 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: george76
The "DEEP STATE" is PERPETUAL!


11 posted on 05/30/2025 11:00:50 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: GrootheWanderer

No. She did nothing like this at all.

DeSantis is just a small-minded jerk.


12 posted on 05/30/2025 11:03:19 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: GrootheWanderer

No. She did nothing like this at all.

DeSantis is just a small-minded jerk.


13 posted on 05/30/2025 11:03:20 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630
Again Deep State, they know everything since they listen to and read everything……

we do not

who said that?

said what?

14 posted on 05/30/2025 11:12:38 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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