Trump orders probes of two former officials who defied him

President Trump directed federal agencies to revoke the security clearances and review the activities of Christopher Krebs and Miles Taylor.

President Donald Trump directed federal agencies Wednesday to revoke the security clearances and review the activities of two high-level former government officials who questioned his election fraud claims and his conduct in his first term.

Christopher Krebs, the former head of the federal government's top cybersecurity agency, said Joe Biden won the 2020 elections, contradicting Trump's claim that the election was stolen.

Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security official, wrote an anonymous memoir that criticized Trump's handling of classified documents and other conduct during his first term.

One memorandum Trump signed directed the attorney general and the homeland security secretary to "take all appropriate action to review" Krebs' activities. Another directed the homeland security secretary to review Taylor’s activities as a government employee.

The memo relating to Krebs described him as a "significant bad-faith actor who weaponized and abused his Government authority."