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Kirsten Gillibrand: “Personnel at CISA and the FBI [knowledgeable about cyber…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Questions Jay Clayton on Election Security and Accepting 2020 Results

Published | Video Starts at 00:48

And so what he did in response when he became president was he eliminated every aspect of your office's oversight of the election process from cyber threats. You had personnel that were very knowledgeable about cyber threats, especially foreign influence. There were Personnel at CISA and the FBI [knowledgeable about cyber threats] were all fired. And then President Trump now wants to make sure that, that the 2020 election, that nobody says Biden won the election. (00:48–00:54)

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