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Trump Extends Post-Election Purge With Firing of Cyber Official 

  • Krebs had started, and appeared on, ‘Rumor Control’ website
  • His agency declared 2020 the most secure American election
Christopher KrebsPhotographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump deepened his purge of officials who have contradicted his unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud, firing a top cybersecurity expert whose agency called the Nov. 3 election “the most secure in American history.”

In a tweet Tuesday evening, Trump said he was finished with Christopher Krebs -- the former Microsoft Corp. executive who became the first director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, known as CISA.