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Executive Order Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Human Rights Abuse or Corruption
The White House ^ | 12/21/17 | President Donald Trump

Posted on 12/21/2017 4:27:16 PM PST by Bodleian_Girl

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Public Law 114-328) (the “Act”), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)) (INA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that the prevalence and severity of human rights abuse and corruption that have their source, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States, such as those committed or directed by persons listed in the Annex to this order, have reached such scope and gravity that they threaten the stability of international political and economic systems. Human rights abuse and corruption undermine the values that form an essential foundation of stable, secure, and functioning societies; have devastating impacts on individuals; weaken democratic institutions; degrade the rule of law; perpetuate violent conflicts; facilitate the activities of dangerous persons; and undermine economic markets. The United States seeks to impose tangible and significant consequences on those who commit serious human rights abuse or engage in corruption, as well as to protect the financial system of the United States from abuse by these same persons.

I therefore determine that serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.

I hereby determine and order:

Section 1. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States person of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:

(i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order;

(ii) any foreign person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General:

(A) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse;

(B) to be a current or former government official, or a person acting for or on behalf of such an official, who is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in:

(1) corruption, including the misappropriation of state assets, the expropriation of private assets for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources, or bribery; or

(2) the transfer or the facilitation of the transfer of the proceeds of corruption;

(C) to be or have been a leader or official of:

(1) an entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, any of the activities described in subsections (ii)(A), (ii)(B)(1), or (ii)(B)(2) of this section relating to the leader’s or official’s tenure; or

(2) an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order as a result of activities related to the leader’s or official’s tenure; or

(D) to have attempted to engage in any of the activities described in subsections (ii)(A), (ii)(B)(1), or (ii)(B)(2) of this section; and

(iii) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General:

(A) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of:

(1) any activity described in subsections (ii)(A), (ii)(B)(1), or (ii)(B)(2) of this section that is conducted by a foreign person;

(2) any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or

(3) any entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, any of the activities described in subsections (ii)(A), (ii)(B)(1), or (ii)(B)(2) of this section, where the activity is conducted by a foreign person;

(B) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or

(C) to have attempted to engage in any of the activities described in subsections (iii)(A) or (B) of this section.

(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted before the effective date of this order.

Sec. 2. The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens determined to meet one or more of the criteria in section 1 of this order would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and the entry of such persons into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended. Such persons shall be treated as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions).

Sec. 3. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the types of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in this order, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.

Sec. 4. The prohibitions in section 1 include:

(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; and

(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.

Sec. 5. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

Sec. 6. For the purposes of this order:

(a) the term “person” means an individual or entity;

(b) the term “entity” means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and


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KEYWORDS: dsj02; humanrights; humantrafficking; property; qanon; repositorystorm; stormsblowingin; trump; trumpeo
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

We need no leverage as the U.N. has NO authority over us. Our Constitution is our supreme lawful document.

The U.N. is a total boondoggle our nation has been subsidizing for years. I’d love President Trump to REALLY get in there and clean it out ~ expose the utter filth and corruption there.

Some say in July 2016, Obama signed an Executive Order allowing U.N. troops to use force against United States citizens, but who really knows for sure. Snopes says it is false, which leads me to think it might be true, as they are 100% liberal. There are multiple links to this from various sources.

Last night I viewed this video ~ (it’s Patreon but open to all for viewing without charge ~ just skip over the first part)

THE REAL WAR/Antifa Was the False Flag to Bring In UN Take Over

https://www.patreon.com/posts/real-war-antifa-15969909

~ parts of which were a bit unnerving. It is supposed that with his E.O. and the strategic stationing of U.N. troops throughout the U.S., Obama had laid the groundwork for the complete U.N. takeover of the U.S. HRC was to have brought the plan to completion when she became President. If true, our nation was a hair’s breath away from the one world gov’t nightmare. It wouldn’t surprise me if it were true.

Hopefully, one day in my lifetime, the U.S. will re-affirm its sovereignty and totally withdraw from the U.N. They have no authority over any nation.


221 posted on 12/22/2017 8:03:20 AM PST by Kalamata
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To: grey_whiskers

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-rescinds-25-guidance-documents

So what? There’s nothing in there that’s going to stop Mueller from trying to impeach the President. But Sessions is doing nothing to help those in Conress in the oversight committees who have subpoenas filed against the DOJ, or want a special prosecutor to investigate the DOJ. No, Sessions goes to Congress and gets in screaming matches with them.


222 posted on 12/22/2017 8:05:21 AM PST by Golden Eagle (Trump: "What the FBI has done is really, really disgraceful, and a lot of people are very angry.")
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To: txhurl
They're hypnotized by the deep state fairy tale spinners on Twitter and 4chan so much they can't even believe what Trump says. They believe Trump has some secret plan so is lying to everyone whenever he criticizes Sessions or Mueller's investigation.
223 posted on 12/22/2017 8:10:40 AM PST by Golden Eagle (Trump: "What the FBI has done is really, really disgraceful, and a lot of people are very angry.")
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To: Golden Eagle

I don’t think these hypnotized FReepers get that we skeptics would give ANYTHING if this really was 38DD chess using good cop/bad cop strategy. If this dragnet is anywhere near as successful as MbS’, and CINC later gives Sessions credit, we’ll be ECSTATIC.


224 posted on 12/22/2017 8:16:20 AM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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To: hoosiermama
Will that make Hill/Billy homeless?

I have this image of Hillary in a torn, dirty and battered pants suit. She was wearing very oversized tennis shoes. In that vision, she is pushing a rusty shopping cart on the side of the road.

Her cart is partially full of old cans, plastic bottles and other junk. She stops every now and then with her reacher grabber to pick up more junk. Finished with each effort, she wipes her nose on her sleeve.

The homeless in the area report she is just another crazy wino and try to avoid her. She claims she was almost president, but blames everyone for her predicament. The other homeless have heard it all before. They constantly remind her to lay off the President. He kept his promise. He did not have her arrested.
225 posted on 12/22/2017 8:19:09 AM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media and Shariah Socialism.)
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To: Golden Eagle
What I don't get, are those claiming that Mueller is going after Hillary, just because some deep state disinformation agent told them so on twitter. Or since that isn't really flying anymore, now saying that Sessions is going after Hillary, when he's already testified under oath, multiple times, that he is completely recused from ANYTHING to do with the Clintons or their foundation.

Compare the efficacy of the Watergate scandal to the Mueller scandal:

Mueller has put on the investigative team, *ALL* the most influential people within Hillary's swamp, or their lawyers.

This could argue for "coverup" in the same way that pedophiles work themselves into "Center for Exploited Children" positions; but it has two real-world side effects:

1) A lot of the (top) lawyers involved, are *precluded* from representing Her Thighness in any criminal proceedings.

2) It makes it trivially easy for Trump's lawyers (like Sekulow) to point out that the "investigation" is a sham witch-hunt.

Using 2) as a segue, look how much *has* come out about the investigators and/or investigatees recently...

Baker, the FBI lawyer,is likely one of the top leakers

Strzok (or however you spell it) and his mistress, have over 10,000 texts back and forth, many so obscene they can't be printed; which directly implicate "Andy" (a co-worker with an office near them (gee, even a blind squirrel would figure out that it *might* be talking about McCabe: and sedition includes only planning, not execution)

Steele, under lawsuit for libel in England, has admitted that the "dossier" is flmsy;

the FBI people under the questioning by Congress,admit that the only thing they corroborated about the dossier is the one guy's trip to Russia, which he'd already admitted to in public;

It's now come out that the wife of the main author of the dossier has been bragging in public that it was munged together from 10-year-old Wall Street Journal articles

Mueller made an unethical / illegal / out-of-scope grab of TRANSITION documents without informing the White House (transition documents, by definition AFTER the election, aren't prima facie related to stealing votes *before* the election;

...and the only thing you get from all that, is that Mueller is an all-conquering juggernaut who will take out Trump, and Sessions is useless?

Look at the freaking executive order, note that the Attorney General is named explicitly as empowered, and look at post #133 this thread for the blatant and obvious connection of ALL the targets (or, all but the human kidney trafficking guy in Pockey-stan) to Hillary and/or the Clinton Global Initiative and Massage Parlour (note that the EO freezes the funds, and makes it illegal for anyone to contribute money or transfer funds to anyone whose funds HAVE been frozen; AND makes it illegal to attempt to circumvent the order)...

It just takes time to nail jello to a tree; the Clintons *are* Yale-educated lawyers (note the Dem Congress' putative response to Bill's subornation of perjury was 'censure plus' -- which was written that even a 1L at Podunk State would have gotten it thrown out immediately, with prejudice, as the dictionary definition of an Unconstitutional Bill of Attainder...Trump/Sessions had to have the EO *airtight* so that one of Obama's or Hillary's Pet Judges on a Leash TM couldn't throw it out).

226 posted on 12/22/2017 8:23:39 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

P?


227 posted on 12/22/2017 8:29:04 AM PST by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: MNDude

Can more names be added or is this list final (legally, whatever), do you know?


228 posted on 12/22/2017 8:33:48 AM PST by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: grey_whiskers
Mueller has put on the investigative team, *ALL* the most influential people within Hillary's swamp, or their lawyers. This could argue for "coverup" in the same way that pedophiles work themselves into "Center for Exploited Children" positions; but it has two real-world side effects.

Or it could just be exactly what it looks like, and what Trump himself says it is - quote "a witch hunt" and quote "a Democratic hit job" unquote.

I think I'll be going with what the President, and all his supporters in the media and Congress that he meets with regularly, say it is. Not some wacko crackpot theory put out on twitter by the CIA that claims they're all liars, just to screw with my mind and reality.

229 posted on 12/22/2017 8:34:47 AM PST by Golden Eagle (Trump: "What the FBI has done is really, really disgraceful, and a lot of people are very angry.")
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To: Golden Eagle

He has plenty of trained, motivated and experienced investigators who can do the job perfectly well.


230 posted on 12/22/2017 8:39:05 AM PST by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

Bodleian_Girl wrote:

“ZUPPA HOLDINGS LIMITED, Virgin Islands, British [GLOMAG] (Linked To: GERTLER, Dan; Linked To: FLEURETTE PROPERTIES LIMITED).

Fluerette has close partnerships with GLENCORE

http://fleurettegroup.com/partnerships/glencore

Who is behind GLENCORE? Clinton friend MARC RICH.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Rich

(H/T Reddit)”

What connection does this have to the organ/human trafficking?


231 posted on 12/22/2017 8:41:34 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: txhurl
I don’t think these hypnotized FReepers get that we skeptics would give ANYTHING if this really was 38DD chess using good cop/bad cop strategy.

Exactly. I've probably consumed more ACTUAL conspiracy theory info in my lifetime than many of them combined. But that experience makes it easy to see they're being played by bogus theories designed to discredit ALL conspiracy theories, including the ones right before us like Uranium One. And to cause infighting between us, rather than being unified against Mueller and other corrupt "skinny team" members in the DOJ. Poor things think they're Jack Ryan when they're actual deep state drones spreading disinformation that actually hurts the cause.

232 posted on 12/22/2017 8:43:51 AM PST by Golden Eagle (Trump: "What the FBI has done is really, really disgraceful, and a lot of people are very angry.")
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To: sergeantdave
That’s what I’m thinking. Trump may have given the green light to Malaysia and Russia to go after the Nazi Soros. Both countries have arrest warrants outstanding against Soros. This will really piss off the execrable Trump-hating neo-cons who get money from Soros.

I am inclined to believe that. Because Trump is a multi billionaire and runs in the same circles as Soros. He probably knows that bastard better than most.

233 posted on 12/22/2017 8:45:01 AM PST by painter ( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: WildHighlander57

Isn’t Mark Rich dead?


234 posted on 12/22/2017 8:45:03 AM PST by proust (Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.)
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To: PA Engineer

No 3 hots and a cot for her!


235 posted on 12/22/2017 8:45:29 AM PST by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: Golden Eagle; grey_whiskers

What would be proof, a NYT article?


236 posted on 12/22/2017 8:49:49 AM PST by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: Bodleian_Girl
This one grabbed my attention:

(1) corruption, including the misappropriation of state assets, the expropriation of private assets for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources, or bribery;

Uranium is extracted from the ground, correct?

237 posted on 12/22/2017 8:49:57 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: WildHighlander57
What connection does this have to the organ/human trafficking?

SHAH, Mukhtar Hamid, 1 Hill Park Jhellum Road, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan; DOB 11 Aug 1939; alt. DOB 08 Nov 1939; POB Chakwal, Pakistan; nationality Pakistan; Gender Male; National ID No. 3740502728729 (Pakistan) (individual) [GLOMAG].

238 posted on 12/22/2017 8:50:41 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

What are these regulations/”guidance” which Sessions rolled back, sounds very interesting? I don’t have as much times as I did before to study up on FR.


239 posted on 12/22/2017 8:51:36 AM PST by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: Walkingfeather; Bodleian_Girl; hoosiermama; Grampa Dave

From the EO:

“...current or former government official, ...”

Clintoons are ‘former govt official’s.


240 posted on 12/22/2017 8:52:38 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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