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Trump TikTok Non-Enforcement Order Sequence
Congress passed a law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok, and President Trump issued a series of consecutive executive orders directing the Justice Department not to enforce it while a deal was negotiated. The entries document an extended presidential suspension of a specific federal statute by executive order.
Congress passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA) requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok; President Trump issued at least four consecutive executive orders directing the DOJ not to enforce it. Each order extended the non-enforcement window while a deal was negotiated. Together the entries document an unbroken sequence of presidential suspension of a specific statute by executive fiat spanning nearly a year.
2025 Events (4)
Trump signed a fourth executive order directing DOJ not to enforce the PAFACA TikTok divestment law, suspending the statute through December
President Trump signed EO 14350 on September 16, 2025, directing the Department of Justice to take no enforcement action under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act through December 16, 2025 — the fourth consecutive executive order suspending a congressionally enacted, SCOTUS-upheld statute without legislative authorization.
Trump signed EO 14310, third consecutive order directing DOJ not to enforce TikTok divestment law
President Trump signed Executive Order 14310 on June 19, 2025, extending for a third consecutive time the non-enforcement of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which required ByteDance to divest or cease operating TikTok by January 19, 2025. The order extended the DOJ non-enforcement period to September 17, 2025, retroactively immunized all past non-compliance dating back to the statutory deadline, and declared state-level enforcement of the law an encroachment on executive power.
Trump signed EO 14258, second order directing DOJ not to enforce TikTok divestment law
President Trump signed Executive Order 14258, "Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay," on April 4, 2025, directing the Department of Justice not to enforce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act and extending the non-enforcement period to June 19, 2025. The order also retroactively immunized all past non-compliance dating back to January 19, 2025 — the statutory deadline — barring DOJ from ever taking enforcement action for violations during that period. It was the second consecutive executive order directing non-enforcement of the TikTok divestment statute, following EO 14166 issued on January 20, 2025.
Trump signed EO 14166, first order directing DOJ not to enforce TikTok divestment law
President Trump signed Executive Order 14166, "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act," on January 20, 2025 — the same day he was inaugurated and the statutory deadline for ByteDance to divest TikTok under PAFACA (P.L. 118-50). The order directed the Department of Justice not to enforce the statute and established a non-enforcement period retroactive to January 19, 2025. It was the first of at least four consecutive executive orders suspending enforcement of PAFACA, followed by EO 14258 (April 4, 2025), EO 14310 (June 19, 2025), and a fourth order (September 16, 2025).