Did you know in 2018, President Trump signed an executive order declaring any country or person caught interfering with United States elections would be prosecuted and have all of their assets confiscated?
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Trump issues executive order regarding U.S. election interference
On September 12, 2018, President Trump signed the Executive Order “Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election.” Trump, at the time, was accused of having stolen the 2016 election with help from foreign bad actors.
This election interference Order permitted the Trump administration to impose sanctions on foreign actors attempting to meddle in U.S. elections (whether it be an entity, an individual, or a country).
The order directed Trump's administration to prepare reports on election interference, directing the State Department and Treasury Department to decide on appropriate sanctions on foreign actors.
The order is not country-specific and as part of it, a national emergency was declared as required under sanctions authority.
Blocked assets for election meddling
The Executive Order did not only apply to campaign infrastructure interference but also propaganda and misinformation.
The Trump administration said it wanted to prevent, report and have a full assessment after the election "to assure the American people exactly what may have happened or may not have happened, and if we see something then there's going to be an automatic response."
The sanctions would come in the form of asset blocking.
"We caught 'em all. We have it all on tape"
During the 2020 Presidential debates, President Trump repeatedly warned United States citizens of the election corruption that was happening on a national scale.
Trump warned of voter fraud in the form of mail-in ballots, double ballets, ballets for Trump being destroyed and many cases of voters who were dead.
Presidential executive order from Donald J. Trump regarding the seizing of assets of any entity, foreign or domestic, that interferes with U.S. elections. The Order says any election meddling is considered "an extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States."
President Donald J. Trump, during the 2020 Presidential debates, warning voters of the massive amount of election fraud that had already been uncovered and that they were preparing to monitor. "We've caught 'em all. We have it all on tape" President Trump remarked.
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