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White House Drafts Order to Punish Foreigners for Vote Tampering – Reports

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - An executive order allowing US President Donald Trump to sanction foreigners suspected of interfering in US polls is being drafted by his White House staffers, local media said.
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An eight-page draft seeks to make it an offense to disseminate disinformation online or run interference campaigns against US elections, according to the Washington Post in possession of the document.

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Biting sanctions may be imposed against 10 out of 30 largest business entities in any country whose government was found to have meddled in US voting process.

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The motion emphasizes however that there has been no proof of a foreign government altering any votes in a US election, which echoes President Trump’s assertions that the 2016 election was not affected.

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