ToplineMiles Taylor, a former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security turned Trump critic, alleged Wednesday that the president ordered the firing of the department’s top intelligence official shortly after he testified at a congressional hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 election. WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 09: U.S. President Donald Trump announces his list of potential Supreme ... [+] Court nominees in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on September 9, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump also fielded questions about the coronavirus and Bob Woodward's new book about him. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images) Getty ImagesKey FactsTaylor, who served in the department from 2017 to 2019 and is now a CNN contributor, accused Trump of “undermining election security” through a combination of “willful ignorance and outright attacks on the system” in a CNN op-ed. White House spokesman Judd Deere told Forbes in August that Taylor is a “creature of the D.C. Swamp” who “never understood the importance of the President’s agenda or why the American people elected him and clearly just wants to cash-in."

Source: Forbes September 09, 2020 23:26 UTC