There’s a Watergate vibe going around.
One of former President Donald Trump’s Virginia campaign offices was burglarized over the weekend and police are searching for a suspect, authorities said Monday.
The break-in happened around 9 p.m. Sunday at Trump’s campaign office in Ashburn, Virginia, and officers from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office were called to the scene, the sheriff’s office said. statement.
Surveillance footage showed the suspected theft, a white adult male wearing dark clothing, a dark baseball cap and a backpack, entering the office.
“It’s unusual to have a political campaign or party office broken into,” Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman said.
“We are determined to identify suspects, investigate why this happened and determine what was stolen and what was left behind,” he added.
The offices rented by the Trump campaign, about 30 miles west of Washington, D.C., also serve as headquarters for the Virginia 10th District Republican Committee, where Republican Mike Clancy is challenging Democrat Suhas Subrahmanyam for Rep. Jennifer Wexton’s (D-Va.) House seat.
Wexton announced last year that he would not seek re-election after being diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder.
Police are still investigating why the suspect broke into the office, but the case has attracted public attention because of its unusual nature and its eerie similarities to the Watergate scandal.
Former President Richard Nixon led a break-in at what was then the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate Office Building in Washington, DC, as part of his 1972 reelection campaign.
Earlier on Saturday, the Trump campaign accused Iran of hacking its website after Politico reported that the campaign had received anonymous emails containing internal documents related to the vetting of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), who was nominated last month to be Trump’s running mate.
The Trump campaign did not respond to The Washington Post’s request for comment.
