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Donald Trump and his campaign team, with the support of several prominent Republicans, continue to claim that the presidential election two weeks ago was marked by widespread electoral fraud, tampering with voting machines and other forms of wrongdoing, which Democrats stole from. elections and that he is the rightful winner.
But last week A clear message came from the US Department of Homeland Security, where various people in charge of the country’s electoral system said this year’s elections were the safest in US history. And on Tuesday, Christopher Krebs, head of the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Authority, who, among other things, actively worked to counter misinformation before the elections and who was behind the statement, reiterated that there is no evidence of widespread electoral fraud and He said the accusations are also not unfounded. or technically incoherent.
Last night Swedish time, the answer came from President Trump: On Twitter, he announced that Christopher Krebs was fired with immediate effect and wrote that Krebs’ statement was “very incorrect because there were massive cheating” and continues to list information about alleged electoral fraud. . The accusations thus dismissed by their own authority.
According to media reports Christopher Krebs himself said last week that he suspected President Trump would fire him. Shortly after last night’s announcement, he tweeted, among other things: I am honored to have served the country. We did it well.
Cecilia Khavar, Washington
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