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- Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump has fired his Cybersecurity Director who directly contradicted Trump’s claims of electoral fraud
- The firing comes as Trump still refuses to officially concede that he lost the recent Presidential Election to Joe Biden
- Instead, the President falsely claims the election was fraudulent — a statement which has been debunked by both sides of politics
- Amongst those defending the integrity of the poll was Chris Krebs, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- Krebs was appointed to the chief role by Trump, but in a recent statement on social media the President attacked him personally and fired him
- This is the second time in recent weeks the President has fired a top-ranking official for refusing to repeat his false claims of election fraud
Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump has fired his Cybersecurity Director for directly contradicting his claims the election was stolen from him.
Trump is still refusing to concede he lost the recent Presidential Election to Joe Biden, despite losing the electorate college vote 232 to 290.
Instead, the President is falsely claiming that some of the votes were fraudulent as well as that Republicans weren’t allowed to watch some votes be counted.
Trump’s claims have been debunked by both sides of politics as there is zero credible evidence which has been presented showing voter fraud.
Amongst those defending the integrity of the recent poll was Chris Krebs, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
Krebs was directly appointed to the chief role within the agency by Trump, who established the security group following the 2016 election.
In a statement, the senior leaders of CISA said on November 13 that the recent election wasn’t fraudulent and any claims to the contrary were false.
“The November third election was the most secure in American history,” the statement read.
“There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised,” it added.
“While we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too,” the leaders concluded.
That statement, combined with Kreb’s own rebuttal of Trump’s claims on social media, led to him being terminated.
In a statement on Twitter, Trump directly attacked Krebs and also told him he was fired.
…votes from Trump to Biden, late voting, and many more. Therefore, effective immediately, Chris Krebs has been terminated as Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2020
This is the second time in recent weeks the President has fired a top-ranking official for refusing to repeat his false claims of election fraud.
Trump also fired Defence Secretary Mark Esper on November 9, despite the fact previous Presidents had kept their cabinet ministers in place until they left.
Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the new U.S. President in January next year.
