Donald Trump sacked the head of electoral security …

United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the dismissal of the country’s election security chief Chris Krebs, who dismissed the president’s complaints about alleged “massive” fraud in the recent presidential elections. “Chris Krebs’ recent statement on the security of the 2020 election was very inaccurate because there was a lot of inappropriate stuff and fraud,” Trump said on his official Twitter account.

“Therefore, with immediate effect, Chris Krebs was removed from his post as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),” added the head of the White House. The unusual thing about the sacking is that on the same platform that the President of the United States announced Krebs’ departure (Twitter), the social network itself has again warned that the justifications of the head of state “cannot be confirmed”.

Chris Krebs was director of cybersecurity and infrastructure of the Department of Homeland Security (CISA). The official had reiterated his position in public in recent weeks and, in fact, had anticipated some of his colleagues that he expected to be relieved of his duties for this.

Among the various statements related to Krebs, the one published by CISA last Friday stands out, when representatives of 11 agencies involved in the organization of the elections ensured that the last elections they were “the safest in history”. “There is no evidence that a voting system suppressed or lost votes, altered votes, or was in any way endangered.»Add the document. Something that, clearly, Trump could not tolerate. Faced with Krebs’ dismissal, the department has remained headless: Bryan ware, deputy director of cybersecurity at CISA, had already resigned last Thursday after about two years at the agency.