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In that executive order President Trump declared a national emergency and the 2020 presidential election was conducted under this state of emergency.  The order states that people and organizations located, in part, outside the [[United States]] are known to be able to, {{quotebox|“interfere in or undermine public confidence in United States elections, including through the unauthorized accessing of [[election]] and campaign infrastructure or the covert distribution of [[propaganda]] and [[disinformation]].”  The EO further states that this foreign interference in U.S. elections, “constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the [[national security]] and [[foreign policy]] of the United States.”}}

In that executive order President Trump declared a national emergency and the 2020 presidential election was conducted under this state of emergency.  The order states that people and organizations located, in part, outside the [[United States]] are known to be able to, {{quotebox|“interfere in or undermine public confidence in United States elections, including through the unauthorized accessing of [[election]] and campaign infrastructure or the covert distribution of [[propaganda]] and [[disinformation]].”  The EO further states that this foreign interference in U.S. elections, “constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the [[national security]] and [[foreign policy]] of the United States.”}}

On August 26, 2020 Deputy Attorney General [[Jeff Rosen]] delivered remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in

On August 26, 2020 Deputy Attorney General [[Jeff Rosen]] delivered remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.:

Washington, D.C.:

{{quotebox-float|As President Trump put it in Executive Order 13848: “In recent years, the proliferation of digital devices and [[internet]]-based communications has created significant vulnerabilities and magnified the scope and intensity...” ...While the tools of malign influence have proliferated, foreign governments such as Russia and China have also become more sophisticated and more bold.  ...As to boldness, as the [[Christopher Wray|FBI Director]] has recently pointed out, the [[PRC]] has been “engaged in a highly sophisticated malign foreign influence campaign,” using [[bribery]], [[blackmail]], and other malign tactics to influence our year-round policymaking, which certainly has implications for our elections.  [[Beijing]]’s corrupt methods are not always as blatant as its [[Chinagate|illegal campaign financing was in 1996]]; PRC tactics are more subtly pernicious and complex.  Beijing, for example, works relentlessly to co-opt seemingly independent middlemen who can influence members of Congress on a host of policies....  

{{quotebox-float|As President Trump put it in Executive Order 13848: “In recent years, the proliferation of digital devices and [[internet]]-based communications has created significant vulnerabilities and magnified the scope and intensity...” ...While the tools of malign influence have proliferated, foreign governments such as Russia and China have also become more sophisticated and more bold.  ...As to boldness, as the [[Christopher Wray|FBI Director]] has recently pointed out, the [[PRC]] has been “engaged in a highly sophisticated malign foreign influence campaign,” using [[bribery]], [[blackmail]], and other malign tactics to influence our year-round policymaking, which certainly has implications for our elections.  [[Beijing]]’s corrupt methods are not always as blatant as its [[Chinagate|illegal campaign financing was in 1996]]; PRC tactics are more subtly pernicious and complex.  Beijing, for example, works relentlessly to co-opt seemingly independent middlemen who can influence members of Congress on a host of policies....