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President Trump on Tuesday fired his top election security official Christopher Krebs.

Krebs, 43, is a former Microsoft executive appointed by Trump to head the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Last week, in the face of repeated statements by Trump that the president was robbed of re-election by buggy voting machines and millions of fraudulently cast ballots, Krebs' agency rejected the claims as "Unfounded," asserting that "The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history."

In a tweet Tuesday evening, Trump called that assessment "Highly inaccurate," alleging there were "Massive improprieties and fraud - including dead people voting, Poll watchers not allowed into polling locations, 'glitches' in the voting machines that changed votes from Trump to Biden, late voting, and many more."

"By firing Mr. Krebs for simply doing his job, President Trump is inflicting severe damage on all Americans - who rely on CISA's defenses, even if they don't know it," King said in a written statement.

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