Trump fires Cisa boss - as it happened
by Maanvi Singh (now), Joan E Greve and Martin Belam from US news | The Guardian on (#5AFRD)
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1.46am GMT
Here's a recap, from me and Joan E Greve:
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Mark Warner, a Democratic senator of Virginia and co-chair of the Senate cybersecurity caucus, said Krebs is an extraordinary public servant and exactly the person Americans want protecting the security of our elections".
It speaks volumes that the president chose to fire him simply for telling the truth," he said, echoing many of his Democratic colleagues.
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