Trump needs the support of all five.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,
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Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin,
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Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller,
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Attorney General William Barr, and
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the soon to come, new Secretary of Homeland Security. Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York ruled Saturday that Chad Wolf was not legally serving as the acting secretary of homeland security.
Involves two consecutive 45-day post-election periods. The lead is Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe since May 26, 2020
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The 2020 election took place under a Trump-declared "National Emergency" that set an Election Day trap for the "unauthorized accessing of election and campaign infrastructure"
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Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election
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Issued on: September 12, 2018