President Donald Trump signed four executive orders on Tuesday, from the Treasury's modern payment system to election integrity measures to halting security clearances.
Trump signed the group of orders during a meeting with the US ambassador in the cabinet room. 1 order Instructions The Ministry of Finance's payment system will use electronic payments instead of checks from September 30, 2025.
“Historically, I think checks issued by the Treasury are 14 times more likely to be subject to fraud than electronic transfer payments,” White House secretary Will Scharf said he detailed the order.
According to Scharf, the order aims to eradicate “defense of government waste, fraud and abuse.”
Trump stressed that Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent wanted to modernize the system, adding that it should have been done 20 or 30 years ago.
Different related orders playing cards signature According to the White House fact sheet, it is to improve the Treasury Department's “ability to track inappropriate payments and fraud screening, to track transactions and to manage government payments.”
“This order instructs the Treasury to update federal-wide guidance and strengthen the system, ensuring that all payments made on behalf of the agency will undergo pre-authentication verification, preventing fraud and inappropriate payments,” the document adds.
Third order It's interrupted Security clearance for Jenner & Block LLP employees states that “reviews are pending as to whether such clearance is consistent with national interest.”
Jenner & Bullock LLP, as Schaff pointed out, hired former US lawyer Andrew Weissmann after being the top prosecutor in Mueller's investigation.
“We have taken action against many law firms engaged in weaponizing governments, weaponizing legal systems for political purposes, or illegal or inappropriate activities,” Scharf classified Jenner & Block LLP as such a company.
He continued to add:
It is a law firm engaged in mysterious, racial and sexually discriminatory practices. He is also a law firm that took part in the weaponization of the legal system against American principles and values, and believes the action in this executive order will help to correct it.
The fourth order Trump signed is titled “Maintaining and protecting the integrity of American elections,” and has taken many actions aimed at ensuring elections in the United States.
“The Election Support Commission will require documentaries on voter registration forms, and evidence of government-issued US citizenship.” Factsheet order.
The White House, DHS, the State Department, and the Social Security Administration have been directed to provide federal database access to the state to verify individual citizenship and voter eligibility when registering for voters.
“Among many other aspects of this executive order, this reduces illegal immigration in the role of voters and ensures that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and available data are fully weaponized, ensuring that illegal immigrants do not vote.”
Additionally, the order places conditions on the state's election-related federal funds.
“Federal election-related funds are subject to states that comply with integrity measures set out by federal law, including the requirement that states use national mail voter registration forms that require proof of citizenship,” reads the White House fact sheet.
Additionally, Attorney General Pam Bondy has been instructed to “take appropriate measures against states counting barrats received after election day in federal elections,” and federal funds for elections in these states are “contingent on compliance,” according to the fact sheet.
Trump said he could expect more steps in election integrity in the coming weeks.
