© Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch TimesAttorney Sidney Powell
Lawyer Sidney Powell asserted that due to alleged foreign interference in the Nov. 3 election, "it's more than sufficient to trigger" President Donald Trump's executive order on foreign interference issued in 2018.
In September 2018, Trump signed an executive order that
says "not later than 45 days after the conclusion of a United States election, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of any other appropriate executive departments and agencies (agencies), shall conduct an 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."
Powell told
The Epoch Times she believes that due to that executive order, it can give Trump "all kinds of power ... to do everything from seize assets to freeze things, demand the impoundment of the machines," referring to voting machines.
"Under the emergency powers, he could even appoint a special prosecutor to look into this, which is exactly what needs to happen," Powell said. "Every machine, every voting machine in the country should be impounded right now. There's frankly more than enough criminal probable cause to justify that, for anybody who's willing to address the law and the facts purely on the basis of truth and not politics, or corporate greed, or global wealth."
For the past month, some,
including Arizona's Maricopa County GOP Chairwoman Linda Brickman, as well as Powell, have alleged that Dominion Voting Systems' machines allowed for votes to be switched from Trump to Democrat candidate Joe Biden. Dominion has pushed back, saying that it's not possible to change votes, while asserting it has no ties to foreign governments and doesn't allow its employees to engage in vote-tabulation efforts.
Powell noted that Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has only a few days left until he is to prepare his report to the president, according to the September 2018 executive order. It's not clear when — or if — Ratcliffe will issue the report, as no public confirmation has been given so far. Little mention has been made of the executive order since it was issued more than two years ago.
Should Ratcliffe issue his report,
"it's going to blow the mind of every citizen in the country who's willing to look at the truth and the facts," Powell said. "Because there's never — we've never witnessed anything like this in the history of this country. And it's got to be stopped right now or there will never be a free and fair election."
The order also stipulates that "within 45 days of receiving the assessment and information," the heads of the Department of Justice and Homeland Security and "any other appropriate agencies" shall deliver a report evaluating the U.S. general election.That includes "the extent to which any foreign interference that targeted election infrastructure materially affected the security or integrity of that infrastructure, the tabulation of votes, or the timely transmission of election results; and if any foreign interference involved activities targeting the infrastructure of, or pertaining to, a political organization, campaign, or candidate, the extent to which such activities materially affected the security or integrity of that infrastructure, including by unauthorized access to, disclosure or threatened disclosure of, or alteration or falsification of, information or data," it
says.
The order also includes the imposition of "any recommended sanctions" against entities that are believed to have interfered in the election.
That includes "blocking and prohibiting all transactions in a person's property and interests in property subject to United States jurisdiction," "exclusion of a person's alien corporate officers from the United States," and "any other measures authorized by law," among other provisions, according to the order.
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That is the only way to "drop the hammer" in any effective way.
Can anyone shed some light on this for me please.
"Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help."
Who knows why Trump hired the swamp creatures he swore to purge? Such a reversal and mistake. It was like Caesar and the Roman Senate. He closely surrounded himself with grinning deadly enemies itching to backstab him, all of whom carried out their mission.
He didn't start any new wars though he came very close in assassinating that Iranian general. And he kept the old wars going in Syria and Afghanistan contrary to his campaign promises. He also lied about infrastructure. Little was done to upgrade rail, road, and airport connections during his term.
He still has a bit of time to pardon Assange and Snowden, which would be a slap in the face to the Washington neocons. If he has his bearings, he will also pardon himself for alleged "wrongs" on any and all fronts because who knows what his many enemies will come up with when he is out and China Joe and Ho-rris are in?
The failings of the Trump presidency are mainly down to corrupt / partisan agencies (FBI, CIA, DOJ), sham show trials for Russia collusion, obstruction of justice and impeachment, legacy and social media propaganda and censorship and a Democrat opposition solely interested in returning to power, regardless of the cost to the American people
If anyone wants to claim they could have managed the situation better then I think they are an idiot
Don't know why the EO didn't include domestic attempts to corrupt the election results
Rich Americans are scrambling to buy 'Golden Passports' to second country
Wealthy Americans are rushing to secure second passports, as a growing club of individuals have begun participating in government programs abroad which allow foreigners to acquire them, according...Also one Judge in a county in Michigan overthrew a gag on the audit report of the Dominion machines and that report by Russ Ramsland is now publicly available and part of Sidney Powell ‘s evidence. This is crucial and might be key in bringing all the evidence out in the 6 swing states.
Jerome Corsi update 12/15.
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With Barr gone,( replaced by Rosen as acting AG, Trump needs to remove Wray, Durham and Milley.
There. Fixed it for ya. As to the Corsi episode, I think that your link is dead. I just get a black page, though the url displays in the address line.