Matt Blaze
Trump's official denouncement of former CISA director Chris Krebs (in the form of a "Presidential Memorandum") is chilling in substance and utterly Stalinesque in tone. By threatening anyone who hires him, it aims to render Krebs effectively unemployable.
I said it then, and I will repeat it now: There is simply no evidence that the 2020 election was "hacked". Krebs's forthright clarity about this in November, 2020 was a brave and important act of public service.
Kim Scheinberg
@mattblaze
Over on bluesky Judge Luttig wrote:
"The President’s unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the President’s most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date."
https://bsky.app/profile/judgeluttig.bsky.social/post/3lmhwiybck22k
He goes on to say, "The President obviously thinks the Supreme Court will ultimately side with him. It is just as obvious that it will not."
That last part seems optimistic
Matt Blaze
My concern here is about much more than the unfairness to Krebs, though this abuse of presidential power certainly harms him and makes him and his family targets for threats of violence.
My larger concern is that this represents a clear and direct threat to anyone, inside or outside the administration, who dares raise a dissenting voice or who exposes facts that might be contrary to the party line.
It is diametrically opposed to what the first amendment is designed to protect.
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