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Trump fired director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security (CISA) Chris Krebs – Photo: GETTY IMAGES
“Chris Krebs’ recent statement on the security of the 2020 elections is very inaccurate, as (the election) has many disagreements and fraud. Consequently, Chris Krebs ended his position as director of the Security Service. Cybersecurity and Security of infrastructure, effective immediately, “Trump wrote on Twitter.
CISA, under the Department of Homeland Security, is the primary agency responsible for ensuring the security of the US presidential elections.
Last week, CISA spoke out after Trump’s baseless statement that 2.7 million votes were removed from the November 3 election, claiming it was a “credible” election. most trusted in American history. “
“CISA assures you the confidentiality and integrity of this year’s presidential elections in the United States. If you have any questions, you should ask local election officials directly for answers. Believe false rumors” – announced CISA.
Mr. Krebs also shared a post from an electoral law expert that said: “Please do not retweet wild and unfounded statements about the voting machine, even if it is the president’s tweet.” according to Radio BBC.
The Reuters news agency said Krebs had also told colleagues last week that he was about to be fired by Trump.
Reuters cited three sources as saying the White House was angry at Krebs because a website called “Controlling the Rumors” specializes in exposing false information under the direction of CISA.
Following Trump’s November 17 Twitter announcement, CISA has yet to comment.
However, on November 17, Krebs tweeted that the claims about manipulating the electoral system were “unfounded.”
Before that, as Dai CNN reported that Trump also fired some senior Pentagon officials, amid media coverage of Trump’s growing discontent with the director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA Gina Haspel.
