As former President Donald Trump continues to face assassination attempts and threats, one leftist blogger decided to dox his running mate — releasing his private information as part of a so-called “dossier” which was allegedly stolen from the Trump-Vance campaign by Iran and then leaked.
Ken Klippenstein, who previously worked for far-left propaganda outlets The Intercept and The Young Turks, released a 271-page “dossier” on Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) that was allegedly stolen from the Trump-Vance campaign by Iran — and was originally sent to the Biden-Harris campaign and several mainstream media outlets, who allegedly never used the contents.
The document, which was shared on Klippenstein’s Substack, contained Vance’s personal and private information, including his social security number, private email addresses, personal phone number, and physical addresses — which is especially dangerous considering the fact that he has young children living at his home, and they could become a target after Trump faced two assassination attempts, and bounties on his head from the second would-be assassin and the terror-supporting nation of Iran.
Elon Musk’s X platform temporarily suspended Klippenstein’s account for violating the social media platform’s rules on hacked materials after the leftist blogger shared a link to the Substack post containing the dossier in a post on X.
"Ken Klippenstein was temporarily suspended for violating our rules on posting unredacted private personal information, specifically Sen. Vance’s physical addresses and the majority of his Social Security number," an X spokesperson told me just now.
Additionally, I was told he…
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) September 26, 2024
Leftists, including Klippenstein’s “KlipNews,” threw massive tantrums on X following the suspension, claiming that because Vance’s information may be available in other, more obscure locations, the leftist blogger publishing the so-called “dossier” should not constitute doxing. However, conservatives pointed out that any reasonable journalist would understand that redacting private information when publishing something like this is necessary — as it does not constitute legitimate news and could only serve to provide deranged individuals with information they could use for nefarious purposes.
KlipNews complained about the suspension in a post on X, claiming: “In publishing so-called ‘private information,’ there was no act of ‘doxing.’ There was no malicious intent and the principle stands, that by deleting anything, Ken Klippenstein would just affirm the government’s claim that perfectly unclassified information should be routinely withheld from the public.”
“The information is not ‘private’ at all, since it can be readily purchased from Lexis Nexis. One could make the same argument that Vance’s investments is equally private, but of course they are not because he is an elected official and public figure,” the post continued.
In a follow-up post, KlipNews added, “To be clear, Ken Klippenstein did not publish any private information on X. He linked to an article he wrote which linked to a document.”
To be clear, Ken Klippenstein did not publish any private information on X. He linked to an article he wrote which linked to a document.
— KlipNews (@klipnewsorg) September 26, 2024
The document itself was barely newsworthy, with The Post Millennial calling it a “fairly straight-forward [campaign] vetting document, which lists past positions of Vance and details some of this early opposition to Trump in 2016. Throughout the vetting file, it does not appear to be a huge expose on Vance, however, the release of his private information, which may lead to threats on him or his family, is a large concern.”
“Vance is not portrayed as a radical throughout the document, but as someone who is more thoughtful and has reasoned through his positions in politics,” the outlet noted.
