Posted on 12/12/2020 7:39:15 AM PST by USA Conservative
Before and after election day Americans are once again scrolling through news feeds full of stories about foreign operations that seek to undermine their country’s electoral process. Some of the reports raise questions about whether the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is politicizing these concerns—and the president himself has cast doubt on the integrity of the election. Americans are left wondering what to make of all the noise.
Sidney Powell did get this rumor up in the air last month when she held a press conference together with Trump’s legal team where she claimed that The Dominion Voting Systems, the Smartmatic technology software, and the software that goes in other computerized voting systems here as well, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez to make sure he never lost an election after one constitutional referendum came out the way he did not want it to come out.”
She also alleged a huge influence on our election that comes from communist money through Venezuela, Cuba, and likely China. Video below:
So far fact-checkers denied these rumors.
But Powell is not alone in these statements according to Attorney General William Barr China is the greatest national security threat facing the United States.
National security officials told lawmakers in March that the intelligence community has not concluded that Russia is backing any particular 2020 candidate but did warn about interference campaigns by multiple countries. The information appeared in an unclassified fact sheet from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
“The IC has not concluded that the Kremlin is directly aiding any candidate’s reelection … nor have we concluded that the Russians will definitely choose to try to do so in 2020,” the ODNI said. “This is not a Russia-only problem. China, Iran, other countries like North Korea and Cuba, and non-state actors all have the opportunity, means, and potential motive to interfere in the 2020 elections as a way to achieve their goals.”
Now why these allegations that were mentioned are important?
Yesterday U.S. Supreme Court rejected Texas lawsuit contesting 2020 election results in four battleground states Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
In a few brief sentences, the high court said it would not consider the case for procedural reasons, because Texas lacked standing to bring it.
Trump supporters were mentioning the famous Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election from 2018 even before this rejection now many of them are claiming that he will use it.
Two years ago Jeff Sessions stated:
Attorney General Sessions today issued the following statement on the Election Security Executive Order: “The American people will not tolerate attempts to undermine the integrity of our electoral process—especially by foreign countries and other bad actors. President Trump is committed to taking definitive action to prevent anyone—foreign or domestic—from illegally interfering in our elections, and the Department of Justice is proud to support him in this mission. “Pursuant to the President’s executive order, the Department will work with our partners at the State Department, Treasury Department, and Department of Homeland Security, in order to identify enemies of our country who put our electoral integrity at risk. Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election
You can read the full executive order on the following link
Will President Trump use this executive order is hard to tell but it seems many people believe he will.
Some of them went one step further and claimed that all of Big Tech will be quickly banning and censoring all support of the 2018 EO.
Elizabeth Goitein’s January 2019 article “The Alarming Scope of the President’s Emergency Powers” written for “The Atlantic” states that “From seizing control of the internet to declaring martial law, President Trump may legally do all kinds of extraordinary things.”
President Trump has clearly discussed and been briefed on a strategy to contest the election via Constitutional means, first through the courts and then through House, saying at a Sept. 26 rally in—where else—Pennsylvania: “And I don’t want to end up in the Supreme Court and I don’t want to go back to Congress either, even though we have an advantage if we go back to Congress — does everyone understand that? I think it’s 26 to 22 or something because it’s counted one vote per state, so we actually have an advantage. Oh, they’re going to be thrilled to hear that.”
So as Sidney Powell indicated, the Kraken has been released, at the time it had no sense but if her allegations are proven to be real then the situation could get serious!
There are options. We will see.
If that lanyard is to be pulled, it must be soon.
I hope he does. DNI director Ratcliffe is supposed to have his report on foreign election interference by next week. We’ll see what Trump does.
Trump was short-changed by his legal team. The salient point in my mind is not the "arguing" so m uch as
overlooking key legal issues that would have forced the recalcitrant USSC to examine anything other than "standing."
Folks really think something big is coming? That Trump is going to pull some EO trickery to stay in office? The Electoral College votes Monday. The states that had all the massive fraud have “certified” and none of those legislatures chose to appoint alternative electors. Short of bullets being fired, I don’t see a resolution
Guys.. it’s time to move on. The supreme court didn’t take the case, and they are not going to take ANY case about this. It’s over.
Time to focus on 2022 and immediately on Georgia senate races!
Agreed. Trump said he would concede if the electors voted for Biden.
There are still a few lawsuits out there. One that interests me is a suit similar in reason as the Texas suit filed by Lin Wood. He filed it for himself and the people of Georgia.
I wonder if they have standing. Will the SC knock this one down too? It is on the docket, not sure if they will take it.
Trump needs to take action himself if the SCOTUS fails to protect democracy.
Monday is safe harbor day, not voting day.
See 1960 for an example.
uh no, Two RINOs aren’t going to save America.
In his 46 minute address the other night Trump basically warned the court that if they don’t take care of this he will and he won’t be so kind and gentle about it.
December 18th is the date to keep in mind for Ratcliffe to come out if he’s going to. I am wondering if that’s why the raid on the CIA server has been kept quiet.
While I think the court’s refusal to take the case was patently wrong on its face, I believe the court will take the case as soon as anyone with standing that’s clear by precedent rulings— such as PDJT- signs on as a plaintiff.
You make a good point. It’s possible!
The situation now resembles Scott Adams’ claim from a couple of weeks ago. He said he had been “told some things” that the public didn’t know and that it was possible Trump was going to fight long enough to convince the American people the election had been illegally stolen, and then he would concede and move on.
H didn’t say it was set in stone, but gave it as a “what if” that could happen.
I have no clue what Trump may do, but I want him in office, not Harris running the country into the ground while Biden pretends he’s president and takes happy pills!
yeah, they will, because those two will vote with the republican CAUCUS controlled by Mitch.
We will be able to deny Biden judges, appointments, and stop any nonsense legislation if we even get ONE of the two Georgia spots.
Move on to what? They blatantly cheated and if the dems get away with it they will keep doing it. There would be nothing to move on to.
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