2020 ELECTION/DHS: “President Trump on Tuesday fired a top Department of Homeland Security official who led the agency’s efforts to help secure the election and was vocal about tamping down unfounded claims of ballot fraud.
In a tweet, Trump fired Christopher Krebs, who headed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS, and led successful efforts to help state and local election offices protect their systems and to rebut misinformation.
Earlier in the day, Krebs in a tweet refuted allegations that election systems were manipulated, saying that “59 election security experts all agree, ‘in every case of which we are aware, these claims either have been unsubstantiated or are technically incoherent.’”…
His removal followed the firing of two other senior DHS officials — a CISA assistant director, Bryan Ware, and the top official for international affairs, Valerie Boyd. The White House appears to be removing anyone deemed disloyal, according to three people familiar with the situation.”
-Ellen Nakashima and Nick Miroff, “Trump fires top DHS official who refuted his claims that the election was rigged,” washingtonpost.com, Nov. 17, 2020