Homeland Security puts staff involved in 'disinformation' board on administrative leave, review coming

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed connected Tuesday that immoderate Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) employees who worked connected "mis-, dis-, and malinformation" were enactment connected administrative leave.

In a connection to Scripps News, DHS adjunct caput Tricia McLaughlin wrote CISA needs to "refocus connected its mission," starting with election security.

"The bureau is undertaking an valuation of however it has executed its predetermination security mission with a peculiar absorption connected immoderate enactment related to mis-, dis-, and malinformation," according to the statement.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks to Senior Writer astatine Politico Magazine Ankush Khardori during Politico's yearly AI and Tech Summit connected Sept. 17, 2024 successful Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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As archetypal reported by Fox News Digital, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified successful April 2022 that the Department of Homeland Security was creating a "Disinformation Governance Board" to combat misinformation up of the 2022 midterm election.

During an quality earlier the House Appropriations Subcommittee, Mayorkas said a "Disinformation Governance Board" was created to code misinformation campaigns targeting number communities.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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While the bureau conducts the assessment, unit who worked connected the alleged "mis-, dis-, and malinformation," arsenic good arsenic overseas power operations and disinformation, volition stay connected administrative leave, according to the statement.

The committee was allegedly led by Undersecretary for Policy Rob Silvers, co-chair with main lawman wide counsel Jennifer Gaskill. 

Nina Jankowicz, who antecedently served arsenic a disinformation chap astatine the Wilson Center, reportedly served arsenic enforcement director, Politico reported.

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Fox News Digital's Bradford Betz contributed to this report.