Donald Trump fires top US election cybersecurity official Chris Krebs

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President DonaldTrump fired top cybersecurity official ChrisKrebs in a message on Twitter, accusing him without evidence of making a 'highly inaccurate' statement affirming the election was secure and rejecting claims of fraud. USElection2020

San Franciso/Washington - President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired top cybersecurity official Chris Krebs in a message on Twitter, accusing him without evidence of making a"highly inaccurate" statement affirming the November 3 election was secure and rejecting claims of fraud.

Trump said on Twitter that Krebs had assured people in a"highly inaccurate" statement that the election had been secure when there were"massive improprieties and fraud - including dead people voting, Poll Watchers not allowed into polling locations," and voting machine errors that flipped votes from Trump to Biden.

Krebs headed the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency from its inception two years ago. Wales has served in multiple positions within the DHS under the Trump administration and is not seen as a partisan figure, said a former colleague. On his own Twitter account, Krebs did not back down, writing:"Honored to serve. We did it right. Defend Today, Secure Tomorrow."

A spokeswoman for President-elect Joe Biden said:"Chris Krebs should be commended for his service in protecting our elections, not fired for telling the truth.""Krebs was doing important work defending critical infrastructure and fighting disinformation," said Harri Hursti, an expert on electronic voting security."His firing is very disappointing and appears to be an attempt to undermine the great work he and others at DHS/CISA have been doing.

 

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