US election security agencies said Thursday, November 12, that they had ” no proof “ of a presidential hack, thus contradicting Donald Trump, whom the opposition accuses of poisoning democracy by refusing to recognize his defeat.
“The November 3 election was the safest in the history of the United States”, said in a joint statement several local and national electoral authorities, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which reports to the Ministry of Internal Security:
“There is no evidence of a voting system having erased, lost or changed ballots, or been hacked in any way. “
“While we know that our electoral process is the subject of many baseless claims and disinformation campaigns, we can assure you that we have absolute confidence in the security and integrity of our elections.”, they insist.
Trump persists and signs
Outgoing President Donald Trump had relayed unfounded information on Twitter a few hours earlier that an electoral system, called Dominion, had “Erased” 2.7 million votes in favor across the country and had reallocated hundreds of thousands to Democratic rival Joe Biden in Pennsylvania and other states.
“REPORT: DOMINION DELETED 2.7 MILLION TRUMP VOTES NATIONWIDE. DATA ANALYSIS FINDS 221,000 PENNSYLVANIA VOTES SWITCH… https://t.co/PgrmoBcJib
According to US media, the Republican billionaire is considering sacking the boss of the government agency CISA, Chris Krebs, who has struggled in recent days to dismiss accusations of large-scale electoral fraud.
In Washington, only a handful of elected Republicans quickly recognized the victory of Democrat Joe Biden. But many others have remained silent or have publicly supported the outgoing president, who believes the election was his. “Stolen”, without concrete evidence to support it.
“The Republicans in Congress are deliberately sowing doubt on our elections, simply because they are afraid of Donald Trump”, said Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer at a press conference Thursday. “We have just experienced a divisive and hard-won presidential election, but instead of bringing the country together so that we can fight our common enemy, Covid-19, Republicans in Congress are propagating conspiracy theories, denying reality and poison the foundations of our democracy ”, he asserted.
A “dangerous path” according to Barack Obama
The Trump administration’s refusal to admit defeat – a historic break with traditional uses of American politics – constitutes a “Dangerous path” who “Discredit” democracy in America, said former President Barack Obama in an interview whose CBS program “60 Minutes” premiered Thursday.
More than 150 former senior U.S. officials have also warned against “A serious risk to national security”, in a letter unveiled by Politico. Among the signatories, from both political sides, are notably former Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel, a Republican, or Michael Hayden, former head of the National Security Agency (NSA) and the CIA.
They call for Joe Biden to be able to access the information “Necessary to deal with urgent national security issues, such as the daily report” that the president receives on threats to the United States and the world.
The president-elect admitted on Tuesday that he still does not have access to these reports. It would be ” useful “, but not necessarily essential before his inauguration, on January 20, 2021, he qualified.
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