In a shocking executive order, Trump revoked the security clearance of Chris Krebs, the former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and ordered the Department of Justice to investigate his actions during the 2020 election.
For context, Krebs served as the Director of CISA from November 2018 until his dramatic firing by President Donald Trump in November 2020. His tenure was marred by controversy, especially after the 2020 election, where he disputed Trump’s concerns about election integrity and said the 2020 election was the safest in history.
In any case, White House staff secretary Will Scharf introduced Trump’s Executive Order by explaining Krebs’ checkered past. He said, “Christopher Krebs, the former head of CISA. This is a man who weaponized his position against free speech in the election context, in the context of the COVID-19 presidential memorandum to the one you just signed… and further instructs your Department of Justice and other aspects of your government to investigate some of the malign acts that he participated in while he was still head of CISA.”
Beginning his remarks with his usual wit, President Trump blasted the deep-state bureaucrat. He said, “This is another one. I don’t know that I met him. I’m sure I met him, but I didn’t know him, and he came out right after the election, which was a rigged election, badly rigged election. We did phenomenally in that election. Look what happened to our country because of it: open borders, millions of people coming into our country, Russia, and Ukraine. That would have never happened.”
Continuing his remarks, Trump said, “It was proven by so many different ways, in so many different forms, from the legislatures …from all of the different scamming operations, there’s a very corrupt election. They use COVID to cheat. And we’re going to find out about this guy, too, because this guy’s a wise guy. He said, “We proved this is the most secure election in the history of our country.'”
Building on this point, Trump skewered Krebs’ biased reaction to the election. The president said, “Now this was a disaster, and frankly, we should go to paper ballots same-day voting, voter ID, and one other thing: when you vote, you should get a little certificate that says you’re a citizen of our country. You get a citizen’s piece of paper; it says you’re a citizen before you can vote. But you want voter ID, and you want paper ballots, and you really want same-day voting.”
Pivoting to another topic, Trump blasted the mainstream media. He stated, “Ideally, we have to have a free press, which we don’t have. We don’t have a free press. We have a very dishonest press…We’ll find out whether or not he was right. This was a disgraceful election, and this guy sat back saying, “Well, I’m a member” or, like, he’s a Republican or something, and right, almost right from the beginning, and he, he’s tried to make the case that this election was a safe election. I think he said this is the safest election we’ve ever had.”
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Concluding his remarks, President Trump obliterated the disgraced CISA head. He said, “He’s a disgrace. So we’ll find out whether or not it was a safe election, and if it wasn’t, he’s got a big price to pay, and he’s a bad guy. He’s another one. I have no idea who he is. Krebs, no idea who he is. I’m sure he was in the room at some point, just like you’re all in the room, but I have no idea who he was. So thank you very much. Those last two are very important, I think, for the country.”
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