Pro-Trump activists are circulating a 17-page draft executive order asserting that China interfered in the 2020 election as grounds to declare a national emergency that would expand presidential authority over voting, The Washington Post reported.
The draft, dated April 2025, argues there is "clear and compelling evidence" that foreign threats "have not been mitigated but instead have intensified," calling the situation "an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States." It cites emergency powers under statutes including the National Emergencies Act and the Defense Production Act.
