Trump Fired A Top Election Cybersecurity Official Who Repeatedly Rebuked Baseless Claims Of Voting Fraud

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The president's tweet announcing the firing of Christopher Krebs was quickly flagged for, again, spreading voting disinformation.

BuzzFeed News has journalists around the US bringing you trustworthy stories on the 2020 Elections. To help keep this news free,President Trump fired the country's top cybersecurity official Tuesday after he repeatedly shot down baseless claims of voting fraud during the 2020 election.

Trump announced the firing of Christopher Krebs, the former head of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, also known as CISA, in a tweet that was itself flagged within minutes by Twitter for pushing false claims of election fraud. The decision came as Trump continues to refuse to recognize the 2020 results, and Joe Biden's win, while attorneys for his campaign continue toKrebs and his agency have repeatedly pushed back against baseless claims of fraud in the election. As recently as early Tuesday,

, writing that claims of election manipulation"have been unsubstantiated or are technically incoherent."BuzzFeed News has journalists around the US bringing you trustworthy stories on the 2020 elections.

 

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Only dead person i heard voted was a republicans mum. And the guy was caught... ah trump. Never let the truth stop you :( sigh Just go already

GeneralStrike2020

Orange baby did it again, trump wants USA to burn, why not? He’s a billionaire, just think about it, but sad that people don’t realize that.

Seems like more and more evidence everyday, a flood of evidence according to Sidney Powell. Maybe it’s just another saboteur

Of course he did

Hope he sues Trump once he’s out of the White House.

When U can’t accept that you’re a sore loser 😅

“I don’t like what you’re telling me so I’m firing you.” Sound strategy and not at all a temper tantrum. 🤦🏽‍♀️

Throwing the country away for a fucking game show host.

But wait, how do we know that Buzzfeed's claim of baseless isn't baseless? Asking for a friend.

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