pretty happy about that. that is all in on this thursday night good evening, alex chris, i m all in favor of robust transparency in terms of health and everything as it regards our public officials and especially our president it s painful t oh, it s the worst. and in public. it s such a vulnerable moment for anyone that trips. and then the recovery and then it s on stage anyway, it s just it s funny. he gots back air force one ande said i was sandbagged. literally, it was a big sandbag. thank you, my friend, as always. in july of 2021 joe biden had been president for half a year, but the last days of the trump administration were still very much being reported on. the ways in which trump had tried to overturn the 2020 election in an series of escalating maneuvers which ultimately resulted, of course, in thed, attack on the u.s. capitol. so it was during that summer, july of 2021, when the new yorker published this exclusive story. you re going to have a
Infrastructure security agency known as sica put out this remarkable statement about the election. in it krebs assured the public in a line bolded for emphasis there was no evidence any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or in any way compromised. that statement was a big deal because at the time trump was insisting his election had been stolen and lawsuits were popping all over the country. and here was his administration s agency, the one that oversaw elections and cyber security saying outloud we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections. that statement incensed president trump, and days later he fired chris krebs by tweet because that s how trump fired people. now the new york times is reporting that jack smith s office is interested in all of that. they want to know how mcentee s