Ex-DHS Staffer Chris Krebs Considering Legal Action After Trump Lawyer Calls For His Execution

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Former U.S. cybersecurity director Chris Krebs suggested he’s considering legal action in response to threatening comments made Monday by one of President Trump’s lawyers, who during a television interview called for Krebs’ execution after he was fired by Trump earlier this month for pushing back against the president’s unfounded accusations of fraud in the election....

Responding to the threats, Krebs, who served as the head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, told NBC’s “The Today Show” that he has an “exceptional team of lawyers that will win in court.” “The way I look at it is that we’re a nation of laws, and I plan to take advantage of those laws,” said Krebs, hinting that his lawyers are “probably going to be busy.”

Krebs refused to comment on whether he’s concerned about the threats when asked by host Savannah Guthrie, who noted that this isn’t the first death threat Krebs has received, saying he doesn’t want to give certain people “the benefit of knowing how I’m reacting to this.”Key Background Krebs, a lifelong Republican hired by Trump to head CISA, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security, when it was formed in 2018, was fired unceremoniously by the president shortly after the election when he publicly labeled the 2020 vote as the “most secure in American history.” Several Senate Republicans

 

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ThomasTkalinske He should also file a bar complaint against DiGenova.

Doooo iiitttttt! Trump thinks he can say whatever he wants with no consequence. Nope. No different than the rest.

I hope he gets what he goes after. This is U.S. A. not Russia. I want him to use his democratic rights and win and prove democracy is alive and kicking.

Good for him!

BringIt

Good. Litigation is the only language 45 appears to understand.

i’d take him for all he’s worth. fxck that shit.

You better get a good lawyer for cheating.

Look up the punishment for treason 🤦🏻‍♀️

There must be consequences

If anything is actionable, it’s THIS. I hope C_C_Krebs pursues this!

Treason comes with various punishments, yes.

horrible

As he should....

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