CIA Director Gina Haspel ‘Should Be Fired’ For Ignoring Election Software Warnings, Says Trump’s Lawyer

Sidney Powell, a lawyer representing President Donald Trump, said CIA Director Gina Haspel “should be fired” for not opposing the use of election software, according to the president and his supporters, without providing evidence “fraud.”

Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were declared the winners in the Nov. 7 presidential election, after The Associated Press, Fox News and other television stations called Nevada and Pennsylvania in their favor for them. push beyond the 270 electoral votes needed to achieve victory. Trump refused to concede, baselessly claiming they won through widespread election fraud.

Powell tried to add credibility to Trump’s claims in an interview with Fox News on Sunday, pointing to issues with Dominion Voting Systems software used in several of the major battlefield states. Such claims have been widely denied by independent fact-checkers, but Powell has said she has “whistleblowers” who will make claims that the software was used to suppress “millions” of votes in favor of Trump.

“Why Gina Haspel is still there at the CIA is beyond my comprehension,” said Powell, saying the CIA director ignored the warnings about the software. “She should be fired immediately.” When pressed for evidence to support her claims, Powell said she was not going to reveal this information on television.

Haspel was appointed by Trump in 2018, becoming the first woman to lead the CIA.

Powell said there were numerous “irregularities” with the Dominion software and claimed that when his legal challenges were completed, the election results would be overturned. She has reported problems with the software in other countries. The lawyer alleged, without identifying anyone or providing any evidence, that officials in several states had received financial compensation in exchange for using the software.

Although the Dominion software experienced some problems during the election, these were quickly detected and fixed. The problems were largely due to human error. The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency rejected the allegations about the voting software and described the election as “the safest in American history.”

“There is no evidence that a voting system suppressed or lost votes, altered votes or was compromised in any way,” the agency said last week in collaboration with a coalition of security experts and the National Association of State Election Directors.

Dominion rebuffed these claims, while debunking a series of widely publicized conspiracy theories that the company is controlled by prominent Democrats. “Dominion Voting Systems categorically denies false claims about voting change issues with our voting system,” the company says on its website. Newsweek contacted Dominion for further comment, but did not immediately respond.

Edward Perez, an electoral technology expert at the OSET Institute who studies voting infrastructure, said The New York Times that the allegations against Dominion are “misinformation at best and in many cases outright misinformation.”

“I am not aware of any evidence of specific things or flaws in the Dominion software that would suggest the votes were recorded or counted incorrectly,” Perez said.

Powell’s call to fire Haspel comes amid reports that Trump may be doing just that. CNN and other media have reported that the president is considering firing the CIA director following his abrupt decision to fire Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Monday.

For the election to be “rigged,” as the president and his supporters claim, it would have required significant coordination between Democratic, Republican and non-partisan election officials in several states. The vote tabs are also verified by bipartisan groups and election observers from both political parties are allowed to monitor the counting process.