Former DHS head took up cyber despite White House aversion
WASHINGTON (AP) ” A top White House official told Kirstjen Nielsen, then Homeland Security secretary, not to bring up election security with President Donald Trump, steering her away from discussing a critical national security threat with a president who bristles at suggestions that Russian interference contributed to his 2016 victory, according to two people familiar with the matter.One official said the guidance from acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney wasn’t related to the […]
