National Certification

January 6 Capitol Security Intelligence Failure Intentionally Created Chaotic Conditions That Disrupted Objection Process (US)

Reasonable Inference [Reasonable Inference – Intentionality unresolved] The U.S. Capitol Police Intelligence and Interagency Coordination Division (IICD) possessed specific intelligence about plans to target the Capitol on January 6 but failed to incorporate that intelligence into formal security assessments – rating the likelihood of civil disobedience as “Remote” or “Improbable” in reports issued January 4-6, […]

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January 6 Capitol Security Intelligence Failure Created Chaotic Conditions That Disrupted Objection Process (US)

Established Fact [Established Fact – Failure documented] The U.S. Capitol Police Intelligence and Interagency Coordination Division (IICD) possessed specific intelligence about plans to target the Capitol on January 6 but failed to incorporate that intelligence into formal security assessments – rating the likelihood of civil disobedience as “Remote” or “Improbable” in reports issued January 4-6,

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Report Released on Illegal Election Activity Proves That Certification Deficiencies Exceed Margins of Victory in Six States (US)

Disputed Fact [Disputed Fact – Underlying numerical claims] Peter Navarro, Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, compiled a three-volume analytical report documenting alleged categories of potentially illegal ballot activity that, in his analysis, exceeded the certified margin of victory in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

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Report Released on Illegal Election Activity Across Battleground States (US)

Established Fact [Established Fact – Transmission] Peter Navarro, Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, compiled a three-volume analytical report documenting alleged categories of potentially illegal ballot activity that, in his analysis, exceeded the certified margin of victory in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The categories

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Resignation of DOJ Election Crimes Branch Director on Day of Barr Irregularities Memorandum (US)

Established Fact Richard Pilger, Director of the DOJ Election Crimes Branch, resigned on November 9, 2020 – the same day AG Barr issued a memorandum authorizing U.S. Attorneys to investigate “substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities prior to certification.” Fifteen District Election Officers subsequently wrote AG Barr urging rescission of the memorandum. The

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CISA “Most Secure Election” Declaration Contradicted by Simultaneous Classified Vulnerability Assessment (US)

Established Fact On November 13, 2020, CISA Director Christopher Krebs issued a joint statement, signed by election security officials, declaring the November 3 election “the most secure in American history.” This statement was widely cited by congressional actors during the January 6, 2021, joint session to dismiss objections. Yet CISA’s own classified TLP-AMBER Election Infrastructure

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Civil Lawfare Against Alternate Electors and Forced Disavowal of Constitutional Contingency Procedure (WI)

Disputed Fact [Disputed Fact – Constitutional characterization] Wisconsin’s alternate Republican electors who convened on December 14, 2020, to provide Congress with a disputed electoral option were subsequently subjected to intense civil litigation and public proceedings that ultimately resulted in a “struggle session” in which the alternate electors were compelled to publicly disavow their constitutional actions.

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Litigation Filed Against Alternate Electors (WI)

Established Fact [Established Fact – Proceedings occurred] Wisconsin’s alternate Republican electors who convened on December 14, 2020, to provide Congress with a disputed electoral option were subsequently subjected to intense civil litigation and public proceedings that ultimately resulted in a “struggle session” in which the alternate electors were compelled to publicly disavow their constitutional actions.

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Acceptance of Certification Based on Drop Boxes Subsequently Ruled Illegal by Wisconsin Supreme Court (WI)

Established Fact Wisconsin’s presidential certification – accepted by Congress on January 7, 2021 – was built in part on ballots cast through drop boxes authorized only by unpromulgated Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) administrative memoranda issued in March and August 2020. The Wisconsin Supreme Court, in Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, No. 2022AP91 (July 8, 2022),

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Certified Result Built on Procedures Ruled Unconstitutional by Pennsylvania Court (PA)

Established Fact Pennsylvania’s certified presidential results were transmitted to Congress on a procedural foundation that included: (a) extended ballot receipt deadlines ordered by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court over explicit statutory text; (b) elimination of signature verification for mail-in ballots; and (c) Act 77 of 2019’s universal mail-in ballot provisions, which the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court subsequently

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