Security official reiterates ‘free, fair and secure’ elections | Live updates

The director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency played down the impact of bomb threats on Election Day and told reporters that the election was “free, fair and secure.”

CISA Director Jen Easterly, who has repeatedly been questioned about the scale of the bomb threats reported in dozens of counties in five swing states, stressed that they had no impact on the vote: “While they were certainly devastating, ultimately they did not influence civil opinion.” opportunity to vote or those ballots will be considered cast.”

Easterly also said, although the FBI admitted the threats came from .ru emails: “We don’t know exactly who is behind the bomb threats. … It has not been established that the false bomb explosion was necessarily attributed to Russia.”

Senior Counsel Kate Conley added that CISA and election officials made false bomb threats during the exercise.

Overall, Easterly declared the election “free, fair and secure,” which she called a moment in time assessment.