Chinese hackers gained access to the cellphone used by the president-elect of Donald Trump lead criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche.

Sources at ABC News and CNN report that after breaking into Blanche’s phone months ago, hackers from China’s intelligence services gained access to the lawyer’s text messages and audio recordings of her phone calls.

Blanche was responsible for helping Trump fight the many criminal charges he faced, including hush money allegations from the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and federal cases brought by a special counsel Jack Smith.

Sources say the FBI discovered that Blanche’s communications with his friends and family had been compromised. As the investigation continues, the agency is trying to determine if more contacts were affected by the hack.

Two weeks ago, the FBI announced it was investigating “actors affiliated with the Chinese government” for targeting commercial telecommunications infrastructure after identifying “malicious activity,” according to ABC News.

The alleged hacking included the communications of private companies and individuals. During the campaign, the vice president-elect JD Vance he was informed that his mobile phone was targeted by hackers.

Blanche is considered to be Trump’s next White House lawyer or another senior role in the Justice Department.

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