Krebs Unloads About Trump’s Election-Fraud Claims

Krebs Unloads About Trump’s Election-Fraud Claims

Former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs, broadly commended for standing up to President Trump in the face of pressure to stop controlling rumors about the legitimacy of the 2020 election, said more than ever before about the president’s fraud claims Wednesday.


Krebs was fired via tweet on Nov. 17, days after releasing a statement—along with election officials from across the country—telling Americans they should be confident in how the elections were conducted. 


But as plaudits abounded for Krebs disputing Trump’s claims of “election fraud,” the former CISA director consistently maintained fraud was not his department.  


“Rumor Control: I never claimed there wasn’t fraud in the election, bc that’s not CISA’s job - it’s a law enforcement matter. We did provide info on measures elec officials use to prevent and detect dead voters, tho. Don’t buy it. And think 2x before sharing,” Krebs tweeted Nov. 18.


Krebs was referencing CISA’s Rumor Control website, set up to separate facts from mis- and disinformation. Krebs actively shared information from Rumor Control that contradicted the president and some of his allies prior to his dismissal. 


On a Washington Post Live event Wednesday, Krebs said Trump’s repeated tweets attempting to discredit the election approaches what he termed a “perception hack,” which was what the Rumor Control site was designed to counter.    


“The concept behind rumor control was an additive feature,” he said. “Because we had been focusing over three and a half years through a range of scenarios to harden and improve the cybersecurity of the systems, but there's a second aspect, so we're not just doing the actua ..

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