Tag Archives: Chris Krebs

Trump Lawyer Apologizes To Former DHS Official After Being Sued For Saying He Should Be “Shot At Dawn”

The Washington Examiner reports: Attorney Joe diGenova issued an apology to a former Homeland Security Department cybersecurity chief who he once suggested should be executed. A statement was released on Friday, four months after the ex-official, Chris Krebs, sued him and the Trump campaign for defamation. Krebs sued the Trump campaign and diGenova on Dec. 8 in Montgomery County, Maryland, …

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Former Cybersecurity Official Chris Krebs Sues Trump Campaign And Lawyer Joe diGenova For Defamation

The Washington Post reports: The former top U.S. cybersecurity official responsible for securing November’s presidential election sued the Trump campaign and one of its lawyers for defamation Tuesday, asserting that they conspired to falsely claim the election was stolen, attack dissenting Republicans and fraudulently reap political donations. Christopher Krebs, who was fired Nov. 17 by President Trump after he refuted …

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Ex-Cyber Chief May Sue Over Trump Lawyer’s Threat

The Daily Beast reports: Christopher Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, suggested on Tuesday morning that he will pursue legal action against Trump campaign lawyer Joe diGenova for remarking that Krebs should be “taken out at dawn and shot.” While interviewing Krebs on NBC’s Today Show, anchor Savannah Guthrie asked the ex-DHS official on Tuesday …

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Trump Rages About Interview With Fired Security Chief

“I have confidence in the security of this election because I know the work that we’ve done for four years in support of our state and local partners. “I know the work that the intelligence community has done, the Department of Defense has done, that the FBI has done, that my team has done. “I know that these systems are …

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