President Donald Trump targeted a pair of former administration officials from his first term in office for investigations by the Department of Justice.
The president signed two executive actions on Wednesday ordering probes into the conduct of Miles Taylor, a former senior Department of Homeland Security official, and Chris Krebs, the former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The memos also strip Taylor, Krebs, and others of security clearances.
Taylor gained fame in the media after revealing himself in public as the author of an anonymous op-ed in The New York Times in which he claimed to be part of the “resistance” to Trump inside the administration. He later authored a book titled “Anonymous” about his time in the Trump administration.
“Miles Taylor was entrusted with the solemn responsibility of Federal service, but instead prioritized…
