Senators question CISA nominee Plankey on election activities, agency initiatives at confirmation hearing

Lawmakers on the Senate Homeland Security Committee sought to get an understanding of Sean Plankey’s approach to election security if confirmed as the next director of the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency, at a July 24 confirmation hearing.

“Elections are state-run entities,” Plankey said in response to a question from Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on whether the 2020 election was “stolen.” Plankey emphasized that many states “pursue different methods to secure their own elections.”

Blumenthal said to Plankey, “There were no...