1) Salvaged from the memory hole: President Trump's 2018 executive order to sanction any foreign element who tries to influence American elections. It's an extraordinary document. whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…
2) Foreign elements that seek "to interfere in or undermine public confidence in United States elections, including through the unauthorized accessing of election and campaign infrastructure or the covert distribution of propaganda and disinformation," @realDonaldTrump said...
3) "... constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States."
"I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with this threat," Trump said in the 2018 executive order.
"I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with this threat," Trump said in the 2018 executive order.
4 Trump ordered: Within 45 days of an election @ODNIgov shall make "assessment of any information indicating that a foreign government, or any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign government, has acted with the intent or purpose of interfering in that election."
5) The executive order goes into great detail which agencies should be involved in assessing foreign election interference, ordering that they give "updates and assessments" for "remedial action" against foreign agents or entities.
Then it spells out sanctions.
Then it spells out sanctions.
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