I know I know, plausible deniability and all that.
EO 13848 (https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-13848-imposing-certain-sanctions-the-event-foreign-interference-united) requires the DNI to put out a report confirming election interference:
. (a) Not later than 45 days after the conclusion of a United States election, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of any other appropriate executive departments and agencies (agencies), shall conduct an assessment of any information indicating that a foreign government, or any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign government, has acted with the intent or purpose of interfering in that election.
Which he did:
DNI John Ratcliffe Confirmed There Was Foreign Interference in November Elections: Report
“Well DNI Ratcliffe leads the 17 intelligence agencies and he has access to the most highly classified information that is held by the US government. And he told CBS News that there was foreign interference by China, Iran, and Russia in November of this year and he is anticipating a public report on those findings in January,” Herridge said on Dec. 3.
My theory is that the "Twitter acquisition" is just the public-facing action that was taken as part of 13848; pre-Musk Twitter after all directly interfered with our election in 2020 by suppressing the Biden Laptop story and countless others, and discussion of irregularities, etc etc.
There was a recent post here about the money used to finance the purchase of Twitter. I immediately thought that list was our first clue of asset seizures.
Yes I agree with you and I believe Diddy was one of names listed as the "financiers". That alone makes me think of EO 13818.
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-13818-blocking-the-property-persons-involved-serious-human-rights-abuse-or