The president warned that foreign powers could exploit
the use of voting machines and tabulation equipment.
"In recent years, the proliferation of digital devices and internet-based communications has created significant vulnerabilities and magnified the scope and intensity of the threat of foreign interference, as illustrated in the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment. I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with this threat."
“that the ability of persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States 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, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”
Accordingly, I hereby order:.....
Issued on: September 12, 2018
Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election | The White House
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Order 13848 gives the Department of Justice broad prosecutorial
powers against foreign actors meddling in U.S. elections.
At the time, many Democrats rejected it as too little, too late.
They criticized it for focusing too exclusively on ballot-counting
machines and software—the exact problem we see crippling
America’s election process right now.
The term ‘election infrastructure’ means information and communications
technology and systems used by or on behalf of the federal government or
a state or local government in managing the election process, including
voter registration databases, voting machines, voting tabulation equipment,
and equipment for the secure transmission of election results.”
It allows, among other things, the seizure of property within the
United States, restrictions on access to financial institutions, and
“any other measures authorized by law.”
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Dominion Voting Systems, Smartmatic and Scytl are all companies with
foreign ties that were used in these elections , and there are reports that
other companies from Germany and Serbia were also involved.
All of these would then fall under the scope of Executive Order 13848.
Any companies or persons that have “directly or indirectly engaged in,
sponsored, concealed, or otherwise been complicit in foreign interference
in a United States election.”
This might even include companies and members of the mainstream media
and big tech. This order seems tailor-made to defend the Trump administration.
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