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Report: White House pressuring CISA to Quit debunking election Crap

A somewhat irritated-looking man in a suit listens from behind a microphone.

Expand / / Christopher Krebs, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. (charge: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Phone )

Since Donald Trump and his allies have touted unproven claims of election fraud during the previous week, both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and its chief, Chris Krebs, have swatted down them . CISA has put a “Rumor Control” webpage which debunks common claims concerning the election.

Today Reuters is reporting the bureau has come under pressure in the White House to knock off it:

White House officials also have requested for articles to be removed or edited which pushed against numerous bogus claims concerning the election, such as that Democrats are supporting a mass election fraud strategy. CISA officials have selected to not delete precise details.

Krebs anticipates the White House to shoot him, according to three sources that spoke to Reuters.

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