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or control of any United States person of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: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
Incidentally, did you see the FR article in the past day or two where a top Dem admits they don't have enough from Mueller to go after President Donald J. Trump?
Excellent and helpful comments.
Yes, that language appears it could be directly related to uranium mining.
So is BHO and his crew
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Rescinds 25 Guidance Documents
Let's hope so. But my comments were clearly targeted at the Sessions/Rosenstein/Mueller cheering section here, since there's no real evidence that triage, which effectively controls the DOJ right now, is doing anything but targeting Trump, and putting up roadblocks to investigations of any Democrats. The only headway against them has been Trump, and his accomplices in the Congress and conservative media.
Put this together with the EO.
Hillary is toast.
And Mueller and the rest of the Deep State involved in the "Special Persecutor" were up to their necks in Uranium One as well.
Trump interviewed Mueller before appointing him as Special Persecutor.
Mueller, like the arrogant f*** he is, tried to double-cross Trump, albeit incompetently.
He's about to get his ass stomped.
And Zero was directly involved with Fake Dossier and who knows what else. Who or what entities donated $ to Organizing for America, for instance?
The Clintons seem to have been suddenly keeping a low profile lately.
You are blind as a bat, whether accidentally or on purpose is known only to yourself.
Thank you. Will check ‘em.
Of course they would have, since those are the exact same keystone cops that got Hillary exonerated, and were running the dossier/spying/frame job on Trump before the SC was ever announced. That was the actual conspiracy. Not sure why you can't be satisfied with that, and feel the need to pile more unsubstantiated conspiracies on top of it, that appear to be authored by deep state disinformation agents to confuse everything and protect Mueller and others in the DOJ.
Even Chuck U. Schemer (accused ephebophile-NY) isn't able to muster it.
First off, that title is incorrect, as there’s no actual record of Sessions ever saying that. Or even doing that, since he’s recused per multiple testimonies under oath to Congress.
Second, there’s only 1 source for that claim. An NBC reporter that has a history of planting stories for the CIA.
I realize you like conspiracy theories, so it’s too bad you don’t know what the real ones are.
Spoken like a good confused and delusional Leftist, calling limiting the feds to the Constitution “swampy”, when in fact the “swamp” is exactly the opposite - the unconstitutional 80% portion of the feds.
Drumpf? Who? Our great President? Either you are Imperator Rex from Twitter, who refers to the President with this name regularly, or you're so unstable you think you are.
Mocking the left by adopting their aphorisms. Note the sentence which used that name, had the phrase “in Dem circles” *immediately* preceeding it.
Let us assume that Trump was (temporarily) caught off guard with the recusal and appointment. This would appear to be inconsistent with Trump's knowledge that he was being wire-tapped back in 2016 (h/t Rogers). OTOH, a grand, multi-level counter strategy involving Mueller, et al also appears highly unlikely.
However, the core issue is this: what does it matter whether Mueller was a deep state Trumpian 3D maneuver or a key part of a coordinated conspiracy to commit treason? What actually matters is what is occurring here & now, not an egotistical argument over who may or may not be (partially) right.
What I am suggesting is to evaluate the various movements taking place in a multitude of different theaters, and attempt to pull it all together into one cohesive view of the ongoing (cold) civil war. Now that the battle lines are firming up, it should be crystal clear to everyone that Trump is using/allowing the House committees to provide an **independent** path of inquiry based on IG and other evidence as discovered/presented.
Congress represents only one side of the pincer movement; the other is a SC yet to be named. Sessions can maintain his recusal (and image of WH independence) while allowing a Giuliani type to go medieval on the deep state asses. No matter where it is assigned - perhaps FBI/DOJ corruption would be the easiest starting point - it can anywhere & everywhere afterward: F1, CF, Pizza, Iran, etc, etc, etc. Armed with the recent EO, it will be an incredibly powerful weapon that will destroy our domestic enemies. So, the absolute key here is to get another SC - this is what Trump is shooting for.
Now, I've raised this point before: do you think Trump will win? If so, then why the bickering & constant looking back? Why not face forward and envision a world where the rule of law is restored? Without the yoke of oppression, and foreign savings repatriated for new capital investment, the US economy is going to take off like a rocket. Don't you want to be part of that?
More name calling. I understand why, because whenever you try to explain yourself, it literally makes no sense. Calling the President "Drumpf" is particularly revealing, too.
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