Trump makes US election 'safest of all time'
Former head of election security Krebs said Trump made the 2020 election the safest in history, though the President repeatedly denounced fraud.
"I think we should celebrate the success of making the 2020 election the safest election in modern history," said former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) Chris
Krebs, who Trump appointed to lead CISA two years ago, said he and his team have been working hard over the years to ensure the safety of the US electoral system.
"We have representatives from the Cyber Defense Command, the National Security Agency, the FBI, the Secret Service and the Election Assistance Committee. We also have people from contractors supplying electoral equipment.
He said the force had created numerous scenarios for election interventions and prevention plans, as well as ensuring that the voting machines had parallel paper votes for the exact countdown.
"The work proceeded quietly and there was no sign or evidence of a conspiracy to interfere or disable the electoral system before, during and after November 3," said Krebs.
Krebs, who was abruptly sacked by Trump two weeks ago after dismissing the President's allegations of election fraud, insisted he had no doubts about the security of the system, this year's voting process.
"The 2020 election, as I said, is undoubtedly the safest election in modern history," said the former CISA leader.
Trump announced on November 17 that Krebs had been fired for making a "inaccurate" statement about election security.
Former CISA leader stated "there is no evidence that any voting system in the US has deleted, changed, lost votes or been compromised".
"Those are nonsense, false information. They undermine confidence in our elections and our democracy. I see this as an attack on democracy and the Constitution," says Krebs.
Trump yesterday expressed anger at 60 Minutes for conducting an interview with Krebs.
Since Joe Biden was predicted to win 306 electoral votes, Trump has repeatedly accused election fraud and has pursued a series of lawsuits aimed at reversing the situation in states like Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Arizona and Pennsylvania.
No state has yet accepted legal challenges on the part of the President, and he acknowledged that the possibility of the Supreme Court considering his lawsuit to reverse the situation is highly unlikely.
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