President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE will reportedly sign an executive order mandating that sanctions be implemented against any foreign companies that interfere in U.S. elections.

Reuters reported Tuesday that Trump could sign the order as soon as Wednesday. It would direct that sanctions be placed on overseas companies that U.S. intelligence found to have meddled in elections.

The United States has repeatedly slapped Russia with sanctions after U.S. intelligence agencies determined that the country had interfered in the 2016 presidential election.

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The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment. The White House declined to comment to Reuters.

Trump faced some criticism for not being tough enough against Russia earlier this year, after he appeared to side with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denials of interference in the 2016 election.

Trump later walked back his comments, claiming he misspoke at the leaders' joint press conference and saying that he believed in U.S. intelligence's findings on election interference.

The order would come just weeks ahead of November's midterm elections. Intelligence officials, including Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats Daniel (Dan) Ray CoatsFBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - Trump, Biden renew push for Latino support Former Intel chief had 'deep suspicions' that Putin 'had something on Trump': book MORE, have warned of possible foreign meddling in the elections.

Microsoft announced earlier this year that it had detected and prevented hacking attempts against three congressional candidates. One of those candidates was later revealed to be Sen. Claire McCaskill Claire Conner McCaskillMomentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Democratic-linked group runs ads in Kansas GOP Senate primary Trump mocked for low attendance at rally MORE (D-Mo.).

The tech giant also disclosed last month that it had shut down several fake websites created by Russian hackers that targeted the Senate and a pair of conservative think tanks.