President Trump on Wednsday Ordered a Federal Investigation INTO Chris Krebs, The Former Director of Us Cybersecurity Agency CISA.
In a new Executive OrderTrump Instructed The Department of Houseland Security, Who Houses Cisa, and the US Attorney General to Investigate Krebs, Who was Fired by the Trump Administation in NEVEMBER 2020 SOON AFTERE Publicly Debunking Trump’s False Claims of voting irregularities during the presidential election. The order also revokes krebs’ Security Clearance.
The Executive Order Claims, Among Other Things, that krebs “Falsely and Baselessly Denied that 2020 Election was rigged and stolen, stolen, include inappritely and category Malfeasance and Serious Vulnerabilites with Voting Machines. “
Trump and his associates have long claimd voting irregularities during the 2020 election, without evidence. Trump launched a series of lawsuits after losing the election in 2020, And nearly all of them failed,
Establed during the first trump administration, CISA Oversees Federal Cybersecurity Defense and the Security of Us Critical Infrastructure, Including Election Systems. Under Krebs’ Tenure Prior to His Firing, Cisa Began Combating Mis- and Disinformation Related to Election Integrity and Voter FraudMuch of it sparked by russian government efforts in 2016 aimed at casting doubt in the US Electoral Process.
The Trump Order Claims that Krebs Violated The First Amendment, A Constitutional Rule that Prohibits Government Interference of Free Speech and Expression, By Allegedly Exciting His Achhority as CIRECTORE in countering the election falsehoods.
The Order also strips anyone who works at Sentinelone, The Cybersecurity Company that Krebs Now Works at, of their Security Clearances.
Sentinelone spokesperson karen master told techcrunch in an email that the company has fewer than ten employees with security cleanses and that clearance revolution The company’s business.
Krebs is the latest in a list of former us government officials who have been stripped of their security cleanses by the trump Administration, Maany of Whom Worked Dining TRPP ‘ Subsequently critical of its actions.
Also on Wednsday, Trump Signed A Separate Executive Order Similar revoking the security clearance of A Former Homeland Security Official Turned WhistleblowerWho Penned Annonymous OP-Ed Article Critical of Trump’s Policies during his first term.