One instance of ‘Germany’:
Pages 45 & 46, number 105
The presence of Smartmatic in the United States—owned by foreign
nationals, and Dominion, a Canadian company with its offices such as the
Office of General Counsel in Germany, would have to be approved by CFIUS.
CFIUS was created in 1988 by the Exon-Florio Amendment to the Defense
Production Act of 1950. CFIUS’ authorizing statute was amended by the
Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (FINSA).
As amended, section 721 of the DPA directs “the President, acting
through [CFIUS],” to review a “covered transaction to determine
the effects of the transaction on the national security of the
United States.” 50 U.S.C. app. § 2170(b)(1)(A). Section 721 defines
a covered transaction as “any merger, acquisition, or takeover …, by
or with any foreign person which could result in foreign control of any
person engaged in interstate commerce in the United States.” Id. §
2170(a)(3). Ralls Corp. v. Comm. on Foreign Inv., 758 F.3d 296, 302,
411 U.S. App. D.C. 105, 111, (2014). Review of covered transactions
under section 721 begins with CFIUS. As noted, CFIUS is chaired by
the Treasury Secretary and its members include the heads of
various federal agencies and other high-ranking Government
officials with foreign policy, national security and economic
responsibilities.
And that’s all I can think of! LOL
“The presence of Smartmatic in the United States—owned by foreign nationals, and Dominion, a Canadian company with its offices such as the Office of General Counsel in Germany, would have to be approved by CFIUS.”
Maybe this is it? Illegally-used software in numerous stares poses a national security risk, and so the results from all those machines should be tossed. (A girl can dream, can’t she?)
Good work, SL! Thanks for taking the time to find it, inbetween your baking.