Must have missed it myself, found it when going through robinhood announcements of securities changing
So he created a EO on Nov 12 after election. to then be used on a specific date of Jan 12 after congress meets but before inauguration.
Some of it reads the following
Accordingly, I hereby order:
Section 1. (a) The following actions are prohibited:
(i) beginning 9:30 a.m. eastern standard time on January 11, 2021, any transaction in publicly traded securities, or any securities that are derivative of, or are designed to provide investment exposure to such securities, of any Communist Chinese military company as defined in section 4(a)(i) of this order, by any United States person; and
(ii) beginning 9:30 a.m. eastern standard time on the date that is 60 days after a person is determined to be a Communist Chinese military company pursuant to section (4)(a)(ii) or (iii) of this order, any transaction in publicly traded securities, or any securities that are derivative of, or are designed to provide investment exposure to such securities, of that person, by any United States person.
It might be already happening. Have you not notified all the moves lately disconnecting and exposing the Chinese connections at the same time? I don't think there will be a public invocation of the EO.
Great post OP. Would like to add a couple things
To your point about Trump knowing about weak position of SCOTUS but pushed it as the most important case for the american people. He hyped it hard and if he knew it would have weak standing, what is the persuasion gain?
So there is also the dueling electors at play too. Pence can read all slate of electors during session on jan 6th. Some people argue that it has to be the slate given by state officials. But that is not true.
“Under the law, Congress may object to a state’s electors being counted. This requires that both a member of the House and Senate object. If an objection is raised, the Joint Session of Congress is dissolved, and the House and Senate meet separately to debate the contested state’s vote. should the process lead to a deadlock because the House and Senate are unable to certify enough electors to push one candidate to 270 electoral votes, then the 12th Amendment is triggered.
Where neither candidate gets 270 electoral votes, the 12th Amendment directs the House to elect the President in what is known as a “contingent election.”
Under the constitutional procedure, each state casts one vote by House delegation. Note this is not like a traditional vote in the House where each members votes.
House delegations are determined by which party controls the majority of Representatives from a given state. Republicans will control a majority of House Delegations in 2021.” https://electionwiz.com/2020/12/14/can-trump-still-win-yes-he-can/amp/
The EO does not need to be publicly invoked. Doubt anything happens on this date