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51 Former Intelligence Officials Published Statement Characterizing Authentic Hunter Biden Laptop as Russian Disinformation – Coordinated With Biden Campaign; IC IG Found Characterization False (US)

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Established Fact [Established Fact – As to letter, campaign coordination per Morell’s Senate testimony, and IC IG authentication finding] Fifty-one former senior intelligence officials signed and published, in October 2020, a letter stating that the Hunter Biden laptop story bore “the hallmarks of Russian disinformation.” This letter was published ten days before the 2020 presidential

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DNC Participated in EIP Jira Ticketing System; RNC Declined (US)

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Established Fact [Established Fact – As to DNC participation and RNC non-participation] The EIP invited both the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee to participate as “external stakeholders” in its Jira ticketing system – the mechanism through which suppression requests were submitted, routed, and tracked against platform action outcomes. The DNC accepted and

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WEC Chairperson Ann Jacobs Issued Public Statement Denying WEC Lawbreaking Despite Documented Felony Referrals by Racine County Sheriff – Official Misinformation by a State Actor (WI)

Established Fact, Influence Operation, Information Control, Racine County, United States, Wisconsin /

Established Fact Wisconsin Elections Commission Chairperson Ann Jacobs issued a public press release on October 28, 2021, affirmatively stating that no WEC member had broken the law in connection with the nursing home absentee voting directives that the WEC had issued in 2020. This statement was made with knowledge of, or reckless disregard for, the

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Secretary Boockvar’s Last-Minute Differential Ballot-Curing Guidance – Government-Authored Information Asymmetry in Election Administration (PA)

Established Fact, Influence Operation, Information Control, Pennsylvania, United States /

Established Fact [Established Fact – As to guidance issuance and non-uniform application] Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar issued guidance to select Pennsylvania counties on the evening of November 2, 2020 – the night before Election Day – encouraging certain counties to notify party representatives of defective mail-in ballot envelopes before Election Day. This guidance

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Michigan AG Dana Nessel Directed Investigations Targeting Private Citizens for Public Speech About Sworn Election Testimony – Viewpoint-Based Criminal Investigation Under Color of Law (MI)

Established Fact, Influence Operation, Information Control, Michigan, United States /

Established Fact [Established Fact – As to investigations being opened] Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, acting in her official capacity and in coordination with the Michigan State Police, launched investigations between November 2020 and July 2021 targeting private citizens who had spoken publicly about election irregularities – specifically including individuals who had submitted sworn affidavits

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Secretary Raffensperger’s False Representations to Congress – Affirmative Disinformation Campaign by State Official to Foreclose Federal Scrutiny (GA)

Established Fact, Georgia, Influence Operation, Information Control, Perjury, United States /

Established Fact [Established Fact – As to contradictions, omissions, and ProV&V timing] Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger transmitted a ten-page letter to the United States Congress on January 6, 2021, in which he represented, in substance, that “no fraud or irregularities occurred at all” in Georgia’s 2020 election. This representation: (1) was made with knowledge

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Pre-emptive Official Labeling of Forensic Audit Findings as “Misinformation” Before Independent Verification – Cyber Ninjas, Speckin Forensic Report, Pulitzer PKAD Report (AZ)

Arizona, Established Fact, Influence Operation, Information Control, United States /

Established Fact [Established Fact – As to pre-emptive labeling without independent evidence review] The Arizona source record documents that official state actors and media outlets characterized election integrity analyses – including findings from the Cyber Ninjas forensic audit, the Speckin forensic handwriting and ballot analysis, and the Pulitzer PKAD cybersecurity report – as “misinformation” or

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Media Amplification of WEC “Clean Election” Narrative (WI)

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Established Fact [Established Fact – Gableman findings issued and media characterization documented] When Wisconsin Special Counsel Michael Gableman released findings indicating that the Wisconsin Legislature retained plenary authority under Article II to decertify the election, and that common law fraud vitiates election results, major media outlets characterized the findings as partisan and without legal merit.

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WEC Agency Memos Functioning as Press Releases to Preempt Legislative Review (WI)

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Established Fact The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) utilized public memoranda – issued in March and August 2020 – to unilaterally authorize absentee ballot drop boxes statewide, bypassing the legislature and the formal administrative rulemaking process required under Wis. Stat. §227.40. By broadcasting these memoranda publicly and to media outlets, WEC created a false public consensus

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Media Characterization of Pennsylvania Legislative Dispute as “Baseless” Despite Formal Resolution (PA)

Established Fact, Influence Operation, Information Control, Pennsylvania, United States /

Established Fact [Established Fact – Legislative resolution issued and media characterization documented] The Pennsylvania State Legislature filed a formal resolution explicitly urging the U.S. Congress to declare Pennsylvania’s presidential electors “in dispute,” citing the executive branch’s unlawful infringement of the General Assembly’s constitutional authority. This was an official legislative act – yet major media organizations

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