The 2020 US election was the “most secure in American history” and there is no evidence of fraud, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced Thursday.
“There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised,” according to the agency’s Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee.
Committee members include CISA Assistant Director Bob Kolasky, but CISA Director Chris Krebs also linked to the statement on Twitter, saying: “America, we have confidence in the security of your vote, you should, too.”
Given that President Trump has spent the past week tweeting baseless reports about election fraud and abuse, Krebs told associates on Thursday that he expects to be fired for backing the committee’s conclusions, Reuters reports. Bryan Ware, the Assistant Director for Cybersecurity at CISA, resigned on Thursday.
CISA is part of the Department of Homeland Security and was established in 2018 when Trump signed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 into law.
Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on Twitter that there is no reason to remove Krebs from his post.
Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., echoed those concerns. He urged Republicans to speak out, and says President-elect Joe Biden needs to appoint a White House cyber czar, a position the Trump administration eliminated in 2018.
The committee’s full statement is below:
“The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history. Right now, across the country, election officials are reviewing and double checking the entire election process prior to finalizing the result.
CISA has released a resource called Rumor Control, which answers common questions people may have around the election, including the ease of foreign interference, votes cast and counted on behalf of deceased individuals, and election officials marking ballots. Claims of dead people voting that went viral after the election has been debunked.
