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Donald Trump sacks Chris Krebs, a senior official challenging his election fraud charges

2020-11-18T21:08:39.360Z


The Republican persists in contesting his defeat in the US presidential election. He thanked, on Tuesday, the boss of the government agency th


Machines that would have "changed" the votes for Trump into votes for Biden, the votes of deceased people ... Two weeks after the November 3 election, the outgoing president still claims that he won and reports, without the slightest evidence , irregularities during the election.

I won the Election!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2020

In this approach, he is contradicted by his own agencies, which declared that the presidential election had been "the safest in the history of the United States".

The dismissal on Tuesday of Chris Krebs, director of the cybersecurity and security agency, which has struggled in recent days to dismiss charges of large-scale electoral fraud, was expected.

It was announced by Donald Trump by a brief message on his favorite social network.

"Chris Krebs' recent statement on the security of the 2020 elections was very inaccurate, as there were massive irregularities and fraud," the president wrote on Twitter.

“This is why Chris Krebs was removed from his post […] with immediate effect.

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The recent statement by Chris Krebs on the security of the 2020 Election was highly inaccurate, in that there were massive improprieties and fraud - including dead people voting, Poll Watchers not allowed into polling locations, “glitches” in the voting machines which changed .. .

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2020

"It was an honor", responded the person concerned in a tweet with the hashtag # Protéger2020.

Honored to serve.

We did it right.

Defend Today, Secure Tomrorow.

# Protect2020

- Chris Krebs (@C_C_Krebs) November 18, 2020

His agency had underlined in a statement released last week, and signed by other American organizations, that there was "no evidence of a voting system having erased, lost or changed ballots, or having been hacked. in any way ”.

"Pathetic"

Donald Trump's announcement was immediately denounced by the Democratic opposition, which calls for accelerating the process of transition to the presidency of Joe Biden.

"It is pathetic, but sadly predictable, that the maintenance and protection of our democratic processes is a cause for dismissal," denounced the Democratic leader of the powerful House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff.

Former presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren, for her part, described the sacking of "abuse of power" by a "weak and desperate" president.

Christopher Krebs got fired because he did his job to protect our elections and stood up to Trump's conspiracy theories.

This is a disgusting abuse of power by a weak and desperate President who undermines our democracy and national security.

https://t.co/T6MTiNfvbs

- Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) November 18, 2020

While a handful of elected Republican Congressmen quickly recognized the Democrat's victory, many others have remained silent or publicly supported Donald Trump's accusations of fraud.

Appeals mostly rejected by the courts

The 45th President of the United States, who failed to be re-elected, unlike his three direct predecessors Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, on election day, adopted a very belligerent posture, promising a real judicial guerrilla warfare.

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Since Joe Biden's victory was announced on November 8, most leaders around the world have congratulated him, reinforcing the idea that no one - neither in the United States nor elsewhere - was taking them seriously. legal actions initiated by the Trump team.

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In the absence of any evidence supporting the hypothesis of massive electoral fraud, most of these appeals have since been rejected by the courts.

As in a parallel reality, its most loyal ministers and advisers nevertheless ensure that the ground is being prepared for "a second Trump term".

And the supporters of the president, a tide of red caps "Make America Great Again", with whom Donald Trump did not stop surrounding himself in the last hours of his campaign, continue to be bombarded with requests for financial participation for “Defend the election”.

Opposite, Joe Biden continues his preparations for his future mandate.

The former Democratic vice-president on Tuesday appointed around ten members of his campaign team, half of them women and an influential black elected official, to surround him at the White House, where he will take office on January 20.

Our White House senior staff is composed of individuals who demonstrate the President-elect's commitment to building an administration that looks like America, has expertise in governing, and will be ready deliver results for working families on Day One.https: //t.co / MXnMExXAFp pic.twitter.com/DaWmRI8PRk

- Biden-Harris Presidential Transition (@ Transition46) November 17, 2020

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