Senate committee advances Trump nominee to lead cybersecurity agency that protects election systems

A Senate committee has advanced the nomination of President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The agency is tasked with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure, including election systems. Wednesday's vote sends the nomination to the Republican-controlled Senate. If confirmed, Plankey will inherit an agency that has been mired in partisan tensions over the role it should play in combating false claims about voting or election fraud. During his Senate hearing this month, Plankey wouldn't directly answer when asked whether the 2020 election was rigged and stolen.