No President writes Executive Orders. They sign them so they can executed, but staff lawyers write these things. Sometimes they write an executive order because Congress passed a law they had to follow.
The famous executive order about human rights and corrupt actors that Trump signed in 2017 is because of 2016 law.
New Executive Order Implements Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, Provides for Treasury Sanctions Against Malign Actors Worldwide
Today, the Trump Administration launched a new sanctions regime targeting human rights abusers and corrupt actors around the world. Building on the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act passed by Congress last year, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (Order) today declaring a ......
13848 is not an Obama executive order and the OP was wrong it was not an executive order. It was a law passed by Congress revising an older law.
13848 is Foreign Election Interference one.
Oh, I thought Trump was mentioned as the EO author.
No President writes Executive Orders. They sign them so they can executed, but staff lawyers write these things. Sometimes they write an executive order because Congress passed a law they had to follow.
The famous executive order about human rights and corrupt actors that Trump signed in 2017 is because of 2016 law.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0243