Ex-US election security chief slams Trump's voter fraud claims, says breach 'impossible'

As Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, ar law firm, abandoned US President Donald Trump’s barr of lawsuits alleging election fraud, former US election security official Chris Krebs called on Trump and his allies to ‘reevaluate’ action. Krebs, a former member of US Department of Homeland Security and Trump’s ex-cybersecurity chief said that US President was "undermining democracy" with conspiracy ories, and unsubstantiated and baseless allegations about election interference "that never happened".

In an interview with CBS, his first since Trump dismissed him for refuting election fraud claims, US’ top federal security official said that he was acquainted with intelligence community’s internal operations, Department of Defense, and FBI, and could say, in full confidence, that systems were "most secure". Any attack on election would t be successful, ousted Infrastructure Security ncy director said. 

former top election security official h earlier berated Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani for his press conference and or Republicans for "most dangerous" television in US history. Speaking to CBS’ 60 minutes, lifelong Republican Krebs stressed that his ncy, CISA, helped secure computer systems installed for election in more than 50 states. He maintained that a breach was "impossible" while calling election hacking claims "nsense and hoax".

expelled CISA director furr iterated that domestic disinformation was "more dangerous than foreign". Nation's election infrastructure was "most secure", re’s question about security of systems, election process, of vote, of count, [or] of certification to get compromised, Krebs told CBS correspondent Scott Pelley.

He ded that Trump ministration h ensured that 2020 election was " safest" and he deserves credit for securing process. Krebs informed that CISA built systems that enabled thousands of jurisdictions to report real-time threats. 

Re: Source: Pa. Lawmaker Gets A Positive Test At Trump Meeting

Re: 'We Won': Trump Refuses To Budge In First TV Appearance Since Loss, Calls Election 'fraud'

'Rumor Control' website

Stressing that his team h established a high level of transparency, Krebs said that under President Trump’s watch, his ncy h created a "Rumor Control" website, following an email-based misinformation campaign perpetrated by Iran. congressional members, cabinet ncies, and White House were "constantly updated", he said in a televised interview. Furr, Homeland Security official alleged that Trump’s claims of hacking of voting machines by Democrats and flipping counties, and illegal ballots are "nsense" and do t "match up with reality".

Trump’s claims are an attack on Constitution, US democracy, and undermine confidence of electoral systems, said Kerbs. As he of CISA, Krebs h exposed Iranian plot of intimidating and influencing voters. Trump h fired Krebs with immediate effect after he tweeted falsely that machines from Dominion Voting Systems deleted millions of votes, and cybersecurity chief corrected him saying "re is evidence".

Re: Supreme Court Seems Skeptical Of Trump's Census Plan

Re:  Arizona Certifies Biden's Narrow Victory Over Trump

(Im Credit: AP)