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Former CISA director Chris Krebs vows to fight back against Trump-ordered federal investigation

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports:

Former top Trump cybersecurity official Chris Krebs told The Wall Street Journal in an interview on Wednesday that he vowed to fight back against a federal investigation ordered into him by President Trump.

Krebs said in the interview that he will resign from his position at cybersecurity firm SentinelOne in order to challenge the federal investigation, which claims Krebs “falsely and baselessly denied that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen.” The order also stripped Krebs of his security clearance.

“It’s about the government pulling its levers to punish dissent, to go after corporate interests and corporate relationships,” Krebs told the Journal.

Read more at TechCrunch.

Good for Krebs and shame on the Department of Justice for allowing themselves to be weaponize them this way. They took an oath to support the Constitution, not a malignant narcissist or anyone trying to use them for political revenge. 

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