Trump Fires Security Chief Christopher Krebs
Summary: President Trump fired Christopher Krebs, the 43-year-old former Microsoft executive he had appointed to head CISA, via Twitter two weeks after the election. The dismissal followed CISA's November 12 statement that the November 3rd election was "the most secure in American history" and that there was no evidence any voting system was compromised, which Trump called "highly inaccurate."
Key Takeaway: The official who ran federal election security and CISA's Rumor Control effort was removed after his agency rejected the fraud claims, and Sen. Angus King said the firing inflicts "severe damage on all Americans - who rely on CISA's defenses, even if they don't know it."
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