Information Control

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

Arizona, Influence Operation, Information Control, Reasonable Inference, United States /

Reasonable Inference [Reasonable Inference – As to obstruction theory] 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 “disinformation” before any independent

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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)

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

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)

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

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

Influence Operation, Information Control, Pennsylvania, Reasonable Inference, United States /

Reasonable Inference [Reasonable Inference – Impact on congressional deliberation] 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 characterized the legislative

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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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DHS February 2022 Terrorism Advisory – Chilling of Election Integrity Speech (US)

Influence Operation, Information Control, Reasonable Inference, United States /

Reasonable Inference [Reasonable Inference – Chilling effect on investigative journalism and litigation] The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin on February 7, 2022, explicitly classifying “false or misleading narratives regarding unsubstantiated widespread election fraud” as a “terrorism threat driver.” This bulletin was issued in the post-election period while litigation and

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DHS February 2022 Terrorism Advisory (US)

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Established Fact [Established Fact – Bulletin issued and content documented] The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin on February 7, 2022, explicitly classifying “false or misleading narratives regarding unsubstantiated widespread election fraud” as a “terrorism threat driver.” This bulletin was issued in the post-election period while litigation and investigation into

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