US election officials reject Trump’s fraud claims

US federal election officials have said the 2020 White House vote was the “most secure in American history” – rejecting President Donald Trump’s fraud claims.

“There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised,” the committee announced.

They spoke out after Mr Trump claimed without proof 2.7m votes for him were “deleted” in last week’s election. They spoke out after Mr Trump claimed without proof 2.7m votes for him were “deleted” in last week’s election. He has yet to concede to the projected winner, Democrat Joe Biden.

What did the election officials say?

A Department of Homeland Security unit that worked on safeguarding US voting systems for the 3 November presidential election issued a joint statement on Thursday.

The committee of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) said: “While we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too.

“When you have questions, turn to elections officials as trusted voices as they administer elections.”
The head of Cisa, Christopher Krebs, has said he expects to be fired by the Trump administration, according to Reuters news agency.

It reported that Mr Krebs had incurred the White House’s displeasure over a Cisa website called Rumor Control, which debunks election misinformation.

On Thursday, Mr Krebs shared a post by an election law expert that said: “Please don’t retweet wild and baseless claims about voting machines, even if they’re made by the president.”

Cisa assistant director Bryan Ware stepped down on Thursday. The White House had asked for his resignation earlier this week, reports Reuters.