Christopher Krebs (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
It’s certainly more dangerous language, more dangerous behavior. And the way I look at it is that we are 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.
— Christopher Krebs, who served as the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency before he was fired by President Donald Trump for telling the truth about the security of the 2020 election, after being asked during an interview if he’s concerned about his safety following rather inflammatory remarks made by Trump campaign lawyer Joe DiGenova, who called Krebs a “class A moron” who “should be drawn and quartered. Taken out at dawn and shot.”
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