Chris Truax in The Hill
Charter Member Chris Truax published an op-ed in The Hill, “Trump doubles down on prosecuting his political enemies,” addressing the Trump administration’s recent targeting of individuals.
He writes:
Chris Krebs is an American attorney who served as the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency during President Trump’s first term. On Nov. 17, 2020, in the midst of Trump’s efforts to overturn the election, Krebs issued a statement via Twitter pointing out that the fraud allegations and election conspiracy theories being pushed by the likes of Sidney Powell and Michael Flynn were completely unfounded. “Fifty-nine election security experts all agree,” he said, “’in every case of which we are aware, these claims (of fraud) either have been unsubstantiated or are technically incoherent.’”
Trump fired him that same day, via tweet.
Krebs’s betrayal obviously rankled Trump, because on Wednesday — more than four years later — he took the extraordinary step of signing an executive order commanding the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute Krebs. At the same photo op, Trump signed a similar order regarding Miles Taylor, the man who wrote an op-ed and a subsequent book using the byline “Anonymous” describing the inner workings of the Trump administration.