Ex-Election Cybersecurity Official Weighing Potential Legal Action After Trump Campaign Lawyer Makes Death Threat
Former top U.S. cybersecurity official Chris Krebs is weighing in after a Trump campaign lawyer made death threats against him. Krebs, who led the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure…
Former top U.S. cybersecurity official Chris Krebs is weighing in after a Trump campaign lawyer made death threats against him.
Krebs, who led the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), was fired by President Donald Trump two weeks ago.
Now, Krebs is being threatened by a lawyer on Trump’s re-election campaign, Joe diGenova.
DiGenova said on “The Howie Carr Show,” anybody who thinks the election went well, like that idiot Krebs who used to be the head of cybersecurity. That guy is a class A moron. He should be drawn and quartered. Taken out at dawn and shot.”
In response, Krebs said during Tuesday’s “Today” interview, “The way I look at it is that we’re a nation of laws and I plan to take advantage of those laws. I’ve got an exceptional team of lawyers that win in court, and I think they’re probably going to be busy.”
Asked about potential legal action arising from remarks like those made by the lawyer, Krebs said, “We’re taking a look at all of our available opportunities.”
When asked if he is worried about his safety, Krebs said he is not going to “give them the benefit of knowing how I’m reacting to this. They can know that there are things coming though.”