Transcript: Chris Krebs and David Becker on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," July 19, 2026
Summary
Chris Krebs, who was appointed by President Donald Trump to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said the 2020 U.S. election was secure. Krebs disagrees with President Trump’s repeated claims that the election was not secure and highlighted ongoing concerns about Chinese influence efforts targeting the U.S. public.Key Facts
- Chris Krebs was appointed by President Trump to run CISA, which protects election infrastructure.
- Krebs says the 2020 election was secure, despite President Trump's claims to the contrary.
- President Trump fired Krebs after he publicly affirmed the security of the 2020 election.
- CISA had a security plan for the 2020 election in place well before the vote.
- Chinese efforts in the 2020 election were mainly aimed at influencing the American public, not hacking or changing votes.
- Intelligence community assessments in 2021 confirmed China's preference against President Trump.
- China's influence operations have been ongoing since the early 2000s and continue today.
- Krebs emphasizes the need to focus more on current counterintelligence and counterespionage threats from China.
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