Donald Trump orders investigation into former CISA chief Chris Krebs; here’s what he is accused of

Donald Trump has ordered federal investigation into former cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs. The US President signed an executive order on April 9, instructing the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Attorney General to investigate Krebs, who was fired in November 2020 after he publicly rejected Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud in the presidential election. “Christopher Krebs, the former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), is a significant bad-faith actor who weaponized and abused his Government authority. Krebs’ misconduct involved the censorship of disfavored speech implicating the 2020 election and COVID-19 pandemic,” the executive order reads.
CISA, created during Trump’s first term, is responsible for securing U.S. critical infrastructure, including election systems. The executive order says that the cybersecurity agency under Krebs' leadership “suppressed conservative viewpoints under the guise of combatting supposed disinformation, and recruited and coerced major social media platforms to further its partisan mission.”
It further accuses Krebs of promoting the censorship of election information, including known risks associated with certain voting practices.
“Abusive conduct of this sort both violates the First Amendment and erodes trust in Government, thus undermining the strength of our democracy itself. Those who engage in or support such conduct must not have continued access to our Nation’s secrets. Accordingly, I hereby direct the heads of executive department and agencies (agencies) to immediately take steps consistent with existing law to revoke any active security clearance held by Christopher Krebs,” Trump said in the order.
The order further suspends any active security clearances held by individuals at entities associated with Krebs, including SentinelOne, where Krebs now works.
Trump further directed a comprehensive evaluation of all of CISA’s activities over the last 6 years, focusing specifically on any instances where CISA’s conduct appears to have been contrary to the purposes and policies identified in Executive Order 14149. “Upon completing these reviews, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall prepare a joint report to be submitted to the President, through the Counsel to the President, with recommendations for appropriate remedial or preventative actions to be taken to fulfill the purposes and policies of Executive Order 14149,” the order states.