President Trump wrote an EO in 2018, declared a National Emergency about Foreign & Domestic election interference. He also replaced 3 top DOD officials w/ loyalists. They also changed who Special Forces report to, Acting Sec. of Defense Miller.
Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election
Foreign Policy
Issued on: September 12, 2018
I heard that Acting SECDEF Miller was one of the first SPECOPS troops deployed to Afghanistan.
President Trump wrote an EO in 2018, declared a National Emergency about Foreign & Domestic election interference.
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Iirc, that same EO also declared the election systems and process as “critical infrastructure” which places it under the guard of federal forces, including the military.