Trump Aides Subpoenaed In Firing Of Election Expert

The New York Times reports:

The special counsel investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to cling to power after he lost the 2020 election has subpoenaed staff members from the Trump White House who may have been involved in firing the government cybersecurity official whose agency judged the election “the most secure in American history,” according to two people briefed on the matter.

The team led by the special counsel, Jack Smith, has been asking witnesses about the events surrounding the firing of Christopher Krebs, who was the Trump administration’s top cybersecurity official during the 2020 election. Mr. Krebs’s assessment that the election was secure was at odds with Mr. Trump’s baseless assertions that it was a “fraud on the American public.”

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NEW: Trump White House personnel aides subpoenaed as Jack Smith’s team drills down on the firing of Chris Krebs and how the White House interacted with the Justice Department. ⁦@jonathanvswan⁩ me https://t.co/OipnASie1f

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 31, 2023