A campaign office in Virginia for former President Donald Trump was broken into on Sunday, law enforcement announced on Monday.
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) said that they were looking for a suspect wanted for burglary at the Trump for President 2024 campaign office in Ashburn, Virginia. The office, which is the headquarters for the Virginia 10th District Republican Committee, is being leased by the Trump campaign.
Ashburn is located about 30 miles northwest of Washington, D.C.
“It is rare to have the office of any political campaign or party broken into,” Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman said. “We are determined to identify the suspect, investigate why it happened, and determine what may have been taken as well as what may have been left behind.”
Media Release: The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) is seeking a suspect in connection with a burglary at the Trump for President 2024 campaign office in Ashburn, VA, on August 11, 2024. The office, in the 20000 block of Ashbrook Place, is being leased by the Trump campaign… pic.twitter.com/wkMLb4AP2D
— Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (@LoudounSheriff) August 12, 2024
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about the burglary at about 9:00 p.m. local time on August 11. According to surveillance footage, the suspect is a white adult male who entered the building donning a dark hat and a backpack.
The investigation is ongoing, and it is unclear if anything was stolen from the office.
“It’s an office park area, kind of a remote office park area, so there would not have been an awful lot of people” around the building on Sunday, LCSO spokesman Thomas Julia said, according to the Washington Post. “Once we know who this person is and the motivation, we’ll have a second statement.”
Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Rich Anderson said he was waiting to see what the LCSO investigation reveals.
“I got a phone call from my people this morning telling me that an intruder had somehow made his way in,” Anderson said. “They’ve handed it off to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. It’s really in their hands, so we’re just in a wait-and-see mode.”
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Trump was polling well in Virginia against President Joe Biden, with a slight lead before the president dropped out, according to an average of polls. Vice President Kamala Harris currently has about a 2.6 percentage point advantage in an average of recent polls in the state, which is still much lower than Biden’s margin of victory in 2020.
During a rally earlier this year in Chesapeake, GOP Governor Glenn Youngkin promised to help Trump flip Virginia in November.
“Mr. President, this is the best Trump rally that you have ever had and you are doing it in Virginia, and yes, on behalf of 8.7 million Virginians, Mr. President, we are going to go to work and get you back in the White House,” he said at a rally of around 10,000 people.
