Eric Geller

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Eric Geller @ericgeller

As Russian hackers disrupted the 2016 election, Mayorkas, like his boss Jeh Johnson, wanted to publish "as much information as we could" to warn Americans, said a former DHS official. This led to tensions with the White House, which was afraid of politicization accusations. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 23, 2020 Hibernated

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Inside DHS, Mayorkas "was very supportive of our work," said Greg Touhill, who oversaw the department's 24/7 cyber watch center as asst. secretary for cyber. "He actually came to visit us, meet with our team and try to better understand what we were facing in the cyber realm." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 23, 2020 Hibernated

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Eventually, DHS and ODNI secured permission to issue a joint statement about Russian interference. "I don’t want to put any words in their mouth," the former DHS official said of Johnson and Mayorkas, "but my sense is they would have liked it to be earlier and stronger." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 23, 2020 Hibernated