Trump fires cyber security chief

The leader of the top cybersecurity agency inside the Department of Homeland Security, who has repeatedly rebuked claims made by President Donald Trump and his campaign about widespread voter fraud, has now been fired.

The president announced this on Twitter Tuesday.

The president criticized a statement given by Krebs' agency saying there was no evidence of fraud during the 2020 election. In announcing Krebs' firing, Trump repeated previously debunked claims of fraud in the election.

"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 votes from Trump to Biden, late voting, and many more," Trump wrote without evidence on Twitter. "Therefore, effective immediately, Chris Krebs has been terminated as Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency."

The tweet was immediately slapped with a warning from Twitter that the claims were disputed.

Christopher Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, had expected to be fired, a source with knowledge of the situation told news men last week.