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Krebs was in charge of preventing potential intrusions by domestic and foreign hackers into a myriad of voting machines, sorting and counting machines, databases, and other systems that states and localities depend on to count ballots.
Adam Schiff, Democratic Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Krebs and his team had “worked diligently to safeguard our elections.”
“Rather than reward this great service, President Trump is retaliating against Director Krebs and other officials who did their duty,” he said in a statement.
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Through numerous reviews, investigations and lawsuits, no evidence has emerged of any significant distortion or loss of votes, by accident or fraud.
“There is no evidence that any voting system has removed or lost votes, changed votes or been compromised in any way,” an official group of top US federal and state election officials said in a report last week.
And on Monday, a group of 59 senior election security experts also dismissed allegations of fraud or significant malfunction, saying the claims “are either unsubstantiated or technically incoherent.”
