Trump fires director who reiterated that US elections were safe | 2020 U.S. elections

“Chris Krebs’ recent statement on security in the 2020 elections was very inaccurate because there were massive irregularities and fraud,” Trump said on social media.

In a post on Twitter, Trump insisted that there were a series of irregularities such as death votes, entry restrictions at polling stations. However, none of these complaints has been proven, and the social network marked the post.

The Republican has refused to recognize Democrat Joe Biden as the winner of the US presidential election. Trump and his lawyers went to court in several states to reverse the results before official certification and voting by Electoral College delegates.

As usual, Biden was declared president-elect even before elections in the Electoral College after institutes like the Associated Press, based on the count, projected the victory of the Democrat with at least 290 votes in the Electoral College, 20 more than the necessary ones.

This projection has existed for many decades in the United States, and Trump himself declared himself victorious in 2016 based on these institutes.

‘The safest in history’

The 2020 United States presidential election was “the safest in the history of the United States”, according to an official statement published on Thursday (12) by senior officials of the Infrastructure and Cyber ​​Security Agency. The agency is linked to the Department of Homeland Security, which is part of the United States government itself.

“The November 3 election was the safest in US history. Right now, across the country, election officials are reviewing and verifying the entire electoral process before finalizing the outcome,” the statement said.

According to the document, “there is no evidence that any voting system excluded or lost votes, modified votes or was compromised in any way,” contrary to what Trump says.

“While we know that there are many unfounded complaints and opportunities for misinformation about our electoral process, we can assure you that we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and so do you,” officials added in their statement.

“When in doubt, turn to election officials as voices of confidence when administering elections,” they wrote.

The officials who sign the declaration form the Government Election Infrastructure Coordination Council, a group of election administrators and federal agencies responsible for overseeing electoral security in the United States.

Last week, even before projections gave victory to Biden, the Organization of American States (OAS), which monitors electoral processes across the continent, had already declared that the US elections were held without major irregularities.

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