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March 14, 2024

Welcome to this all-source repository of information for analysts, researchers, investigators, journalists, educators, and the public at large. 

Check out our new addition below: A curated repository of deposition transcripts from the House Select Committee.

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Timelines

Side by side images of aides opening the cases that hold the electoral college votes after the session resumed in the evening and of insurrectionists waking around on the floor of the House camber.

1. Atlantic Council’s DFRLab, #StopTheSteal: Timeline of Social Media and Extremist Activities Leading to 1/6 Insurrection, Just Security (Feb. 10, 2021)

2. DC National Guard, Civil Unrest on 6 January 2021 Timeline of Events for National Guard Activation (Jan. 7, 2021)

3. Ryan Goodman, Mari Dugas and Nicholas Tonckens, Incitement Timeline: Year of Trump’s Actions Leading to the Attack on the Capitol, Just Security (Jan. 11, 2021)

4. Andrew Restuccia and Ted Mann, “Jan. 6, 2021: How It Unfolded - A Minute-by-Minute Look,” Wall Street Journal (Feb. 12, 2021)

5. Department of Defense, Planning and Execution Timeline (released on Jan. 8, 2021)

6. Kate Brannen and Ryan Goodman, The Official and Unofficial Timeline of Defense Department Actions on January 6, Just Security, (May 11, 2021)

7. House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Fact Sheet and Timeline: Delayed National Guard Response to January 6 Insurrection (released on Jun. 16, 2021)

8. United States Secret Service, USSS Timeline of Jan. 6, 2021 (FOIA release on Jun. 29, 2021)

9. Ryan Goodman and Juilee Shivalkar, Mark Meadows Timeline: The Chief of Staff and Schemes to Overturn 2020 Election (Aug. 8, 2021)

10. Justin Hendrix, Nicholas Tonckens and Sruthi Venkatachalam, Timeline: Rep. Jim Jordan, a Systematic Disinformation Campaign, and January 6 (Aug. 23, 2021)

11. Justin Hendrix, Justin Cole, Margaret Shields and Nicholas Tonckens, Timeline: Rep. Mo Brooks, January 6, and the Effort to Overturn an Election, (Nov. 9, 2021)

12. Ryan Goodman and Antara Joardar, Timeline for Anniversary of January 5: DOJ Election Fraud Investigations and GA Senate Runoff (Jan. 5, 2022)

13. Erik Dahl, January 6 Intelligence and Warning Timeline (June 7, 2022)

14. Ryan Goodman, Timeline: False Alternate Slate of Electors Scheme, Donald Trump and His Close Associates (July 18, 2022) (see also Backgrounder and PolitiFact)

NEW: Expert Statements (on Democracy and Political Violence) submitted to House Select Committee

Read Introduction to the the first tranche of 33 statements by Jacob Glick. He served as Investigative Counsel on the House Select Committee, where he was a lead counsel on the committee's investigations into domestic extremism and social media's role in the attempted insurrection.

Read Introduction to the the second tranche of 21 statements by Meghan Conroy and Justin Hendrix. Conroy served as an Investigator on the House Select Committee; Hendrix is cofounder and CEO of Tech Policy Press. The latter statements are marked by an asterisk and in red font.

  1. Carol Anderson (Charles Howard Candler Professor, African American Studies, Emory University)
    “The Role of White Rage and Voter Suppression in the Insurrection on January 6, 2021”
    Expert Statement
  2. *Sara Aniano (Graduate Student, Department of Communication, Monmouth University)
    “‘We Are at War’: QAnon Instagram Comments Before the Capitol Riots”
    Expert Statement 
  3. Anti Defamation League
    “Extremist Movements and the January 6, 2021 Insurrection”
    Expert Statement 1 
  4. *Oren Segal (Vice President, Center on Extremism), Marilyn Mayo (Senior Research Fellow, Center on Extremism) and Morgan Moon (Investigative Researcher, Center on Extremism)
    “Nicholas Fuentes, the Groypers, and January 6, 2021”
    Expert Statement 2
  5. *A.J. Bauer (Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Creative Media, The University of Alabama)
    Expert Statement 
  6. *Lee Bebout (Professor of English, Arizona State University)
    “Weaponizing Victimhood in U.S. Political Culture and the January 6, 2021, Insurrection”
    Expert Statement 
  7. Heidi Beirich (Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, Global Project Against Hate and Extremism)
    “The Role of the Proud Boys in the January 6th Capitol Attack and Beyond”
    Expert Statement
  8. *Heidi Beirich  (Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, Global Project Against Hate and Extremism) and Wendy Via (Co-Founder and President, Global Project Against Hate and Extremism)
    “The Road to January 6 and How Metastasizing Far-Right Extremism Leaves Democracy in Peril”
    Expert Statement 
  9. Kathleen Belew (Associate Professor of History, University of Chicago)
    Expert Statement
  10. Ruth Ben-Ghiat (Professor of History, New York University)
    “Strongmen Don’t Accept Defeat: The January 6th, 2021, Assault on the Capitol as an Outcome of Donald J. Trump’s Authoritarian Presidency”
    Expert Statement
  11. *Sam Bernard (PhD Student, University of Sussex)
    "An overview of Reddit and r/The_Donald and their use by supporters of former President Trump"
    Expert Statement
  12. Bright Line Watch
    John Carey (John Wentworth Professor in the Social Sciences, Dartmouth College), Gretchen Helmke (Thomas H. Jackson Distinguished University Professor, University of Rochester), Brendan Nyhan (James O. Freedman Presidential Professor, Dartmouth College) and Susan Stokes (Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago)
    “The Destructive Effects of President Trump’s Effort to Overturn the 2020 Election”
    Expert Statement 
  13. Anthea Butler (Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, University of Pennsylvania)
    “What is White Christian Nationalism?”
    Expert Statement
  14. Kellie Carter Jackson (Michael and Denise Kellen ‘68 Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Wellesley College)
    “Understanding the Historical Context for White Supremacist Violence in America in Tandem with the Events of January 6, 2021”
    Expert Statement
  15. Chicago Project on Security & Threats
    *Robert Pape (Director, Chicago Project on Security and Threats), Keven Ruby (Senior Research Director, Chicago Project on Security and Threats) and Kyle Larson (Senior Research Associate, Chicago Project on Security and Threats)
    “American Face of Insurrection”
    Expert Statement 1
    *Robert Pape (Director, Chicago Project on Security and Threats), Keven Ruby (Senior Research Director, Chicago Project on Security and Threats) and Kyle Larson (Senior Research Associate, Chicago Project on Security and Threats)
    “‘Patriotic Counter-Revolution’: The Political Mindset that Stormed the Capitol”
    Expert Statement 2
    *Robert Pape (Director, Chicago Project on Security and Threats), Keven Ruby (Senior Research Director, Chicago Project on Security and Threats) and Kyle Larson (Senior Research Associate, Chicago Project on Security and Threats)
    “Remorse or Double-Down? Those Who Stormed the Capitol are Remorseful, but Do Not Repudiate Trump’s Big Lie”
    Expert Statement 3
    *Robert A. Pape (Director, Chicago Project on Security and Threats)
    “How Sorry Are They? Not Enough to Accept Biden as President”
    Expert Statement 4
    *Robert A. Pape (Director, Chicago Project on Security and Threats)
    “The Scope and Nature of the American Insurrection Movement: From The Fringe to the Mainstream”
    Expert Statement 5
  16. Katherine Clayton (Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University), Nicholas T. Davis (Assistant Professor, The University of Alabama), Brendan Nyhan (James O. Freedman Presidential Professor, Dartmouth College), Ethan Porter (Assistant Professor, George Washington University), Timothy J. Ryan (Associate Professor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Thomas J. Wood (Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University)
    “President Trump’s Rhetoric Undermined Confidence in Elections Among His Supporters”
    Expert Statement 
  17. *Amy Cooter (Advisor, Accelerationism Research Consortium) and Matthew Kriner (Senior Research Scholar, Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism, and Managing Director, Accelerationism Research Consortium)
    “Topping Tyranny: Understanding the Militia Movement’s Role in the January 6th Insurrection and Beyond”
    Expert Statement
  18. *Patrick G. Eddington (Senior Fellow, Cato Institute)
    “Lessons Learned and Caveats for the Future: The January 6, 2021, Attempted Insurrection”
    Expert Statement
  19. *Mary Anne Franks (Professor of Law and Michael R. Klein Distinguished Scholar Chair, University of Miami School of Law)
    “Social Media and the Weaponization of Free Speech”
    Expert Statement 
  20. Michael German (Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law)
    “Why the FBI Failed to Anticipate Violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, and How to Prevent it From Happening Again”
    Expert Statement 
  21. Philip Gorski (Frederick and Laura Goff Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies, Yale University)
    “White Christian Nationalism: The What, When, How and Where.”
    Expert Statement 
  22. *Leslie Hahner (Professor of Communication, Baylor University)
    "An analysis of 'the role that visual symbols and aesthetics play in digital infrastructure,' and how such symbols contributed to the events of January 6"
    Expert Statement
  23. Jared Holt (Resident Fellow, Digital Forensic Research Lab, Atlantic Council)
    Expert Statement
  24. *Brian Hughes (Associate Director, Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab, American University)
    "An analysis of the 'larger trends in the communication technologies with which Americans organize their social lives and, increasingly, their political activity' which played a role on January 6"
    Expert Statement
  25. Aziz Huq (Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School) and Tom Ginsburg (Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School)
    “Statement on the January 6, 2021 Attacks and the Threat to American Democracy”
    Expert Statement 
  26. *Sam Jackson (Assistant Professor, University at Albany)
    “The Oath Keepers: Background and Trajectory Towards the Insurrection”
    Expert Statement
  27. Michael Jensen (Associate Research Scientist, START), Elizabeth Yates (Assistant Research Scientist, START) and Sheehan Kane (Senior Researcher, START)
    “Radicalization in the Ranks: An Assessment of the Scope and Nature of Criminal Extremism in the United States Military”
    Expert Statement 
  28. *Ashton Kingdon (Teaching Fellow in Criminology, University of Southampton) and Christopher J. Fuller (Associate Professor, University of Southampton)
    “The Rise of Alt-Tech and the Role of Gab in the January 6th Insurrection”
    Expert Statement 
  29. Rachel Kleinfeld (Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
    “The Rise in Political Violence in the United States and Damage to Our Democracy”
    Expert Statement
  30. Samantha Kutner (Proud Boys Research Lead, Khalifa Ihler Institute) and Bjørn Ihler (Co-Founder, Khalifa Ihler Institute)
    “Function Over Appearance; Examining the Role of the Proud Boys in American Politics Before and After January 6th”
    Expert Statement
  31. Liliana Mason (Associate Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University), Nathan Kalmoe (Associate Professor of Political Communication, Louisiana State University), Julie Wronski (Associate Professor of American Politics, University of Mississippi) and John Kane (Clinical Assistant Professor, Center for Global Affairs, New York University)
    Expert Statement
  32. Kate Masur (Professor of History, Northwestern University) and Gregory Downs (Professor of History, University of California, Davis)
    “Our Fragile Democracy: Political Violence, White Supremacy, and Disenfranchisement in American History”
    Expert Statement
  33. Mary McCord (Executive Director and Visiting Professor of Law, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Georgetown University Law Center)
    Expert Statement
  34. Jennifer Merceica (Professor, Department of Communication, Texas A&M University)
    Expert Statement
  35. Suzanne Mettler (John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions, Cornell University) and Robert C. Lieberman (Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University)
    “How Four Historic Threats to Democracy Fueled the January 6, 2021 Attack on the United States Capitol”
    Expert Statement 
  36. Janai Nelson (President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.)
    Expert Statement
  37. *Reece Peck (Associate Professor of Communication, College of Staten Island, CUNY)
    “Assessing Fox News’s connection to the January 6th Capitol riot”
    Expert Statement
  38. Trevor Potter (Founder and President, Campaign Legal Center)
    Expert Statement
  39. Candace Rondeaux (Director, Future Frontlines, New America), Ben Dalton (Open Source Fellow, Future Frontlines, New America), Cuong Nguyen (Social Science and Data Analytics Fellow, Future Frontlines, New America), Michael Simeone (Associate Research Professor, School for Complex Adaptive Systems, Arizona State University), Thomas Taylor (Senior Fellow, New America) and Shawn Walker (Senior Research Fellow, Future Frontlines, New America)
    “Investigating Alt-Tech Ties to January 6”
    Expert Statement
  40. Mike Rothschild (Journalist and Author)
    “A Growing Threat: How Disinformation Damages American Democracy”
    Expert Statement
  41. Andrew Seidel (Constitutional Attorney, Freedom From Religion Foundation)
    “Events, People, and Networks Leading Up to January 6” and “Attack on the Capitol: Evidence of the Role of White Christian Nationalism”
    Expert Statement
  42. Peter Simi (Professor of Sociology, Chapman University)
    “Understanding Far-Right Extremism: The Roots of the January 6th Attack and Why More is Coming”
    Expert Statement
  43. Southern Poverty Law Center
    Michael Edison Hayden (Senior Investigative Reporter and Spokesperson, Intelligence Project), Megan Squire (Senior Fellow, Intelligence Project) Hannah Gais (Senior Research Analyst, Intelligence Project) and Susan Corke (Director, Intelligence Project)
    Expert Statement 1
    Cassie Miller (Senior Research Analyst, Intelligence Project) and Susan Corke (Director, Intelligence Project)
    Expert Statement 2
    Michael Edison Hayden (Senior Investigative Reporter and Spokesperson, Intelligence Project) and Megan Squire (Deputy Director for Data Analytics and OSINT, Intelligence Project)
    Expert Statement 3
  44. Jason Stanley (Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy, Yale University) and Federico Finchelstein (Professor of History, The New School)
    “The Fascist Danger to Democracy Represented by the Events of January 6, 2021”
    Expert Statement
  45. *Alexandra Stein (Visiting Research Fellow, London South Bank University)
    “Political Cults and the Use of Cultic Tactics in the Recruitment and Mobilization of Participants in the January 6 Attack on the Capitol.”
    Expert Statement 
  46. Amanda Tyler (Executive Director, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, and Leader, Christians Against Christian Nationalism Initiative)
    “Introduction” and “Christian Responses to Christian Nationalism After January 6”
    Expert Statement
  47. *Tech Against Terrorism
    “Examining Tech Platforms’ Moderation Actions and Policies Related to the Attack on January 6 and Their Impact on Online Extremist Behaviour”
    Expert Statement  
  48. *Scott Varda (Associate Professor of Communication, Baylor University)
    "An analysis of the role of 'Sovereign Citizens' on January 6"
    Expert Statement
  49. Wendy Weiser (Vice President for Democracy, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law)
    Expert Statement
  50. *Stuart Wexler (Historian and Author)
    "Themes drawn from an analysis of acts of domestic terrorism in American history"
    Expert Statement
  51. Andrew Whitehead (Associate Professor of Sociology, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis) and Samuel Perry (Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Oklahoma)
    “What is Christian Nationalism?”
    Expert Statement 
  52. *Andrew Whitehead (Associate Professor of Sociology, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis) and Samuel Perry (Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Oklahoma)
    “The Role of Christian Nationalism on January 6 and After: What National Survey Data Tell Us”
    Expert Statement 
  53. Christine Whitman (Former Governor, New Jersey), Steve Bullock (Former Governor, Montana), Jim Hood (Former Attorney General, Mississippi), Tom Rath (Former Attorney General, New Hampshire), Trey Grayson (Former Secretary of State, Kentucky) and Frankie Sue Del Papa (Former Secretary of State, Nevada)
    Expert Statement
  54. *Heather J. Williams (Associate Director, International Security and Defense Policy Program, RAND Corporation) and Alexandra T. Evans (Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation)
    “Extremist Use of Online Spaces”
    Expert Statement
NEW: 14th Amendment Section 3 Disqualification from Office (litigation and legislation)

I. Backgrounders 

II. Litigation

New Mexico Residents’ Lawsuit to Remove Couy Griffin from Office 

New Mexico Commissioner Couy Griffin was indicted by the Department of Justice in February 2021, found guilty in March 2022, and sentenced in June 2022.

Griffin 122-cv-00284

Griffin 1983 Suit-222-cv-00362

Amicus Curiae Briefs

Griffin Appeal to Supreme Court of New Mexico S-1-SC-39571

Georgia Voters’ Challenge to Constitutional Qualifications of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene 

Rowan v. Raffensperger 

Greene v. Raffensperger (District Court)

Greene v. Raffensperger (11th Circuit)

Arizona Voters’ Challenge to Constitutional Qualifications of Representatives Mark Finchem, Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs

Before Arizona Superior Court:

Appeal before Supreme Court of Arizona:

North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District’s Challenge to Constitutional Qualifications of Rep. Madison Cawthorn

Cawthorn v. Circosta et al. 

Castro v. Trump

Caplan v. Trump

Castro v. Wisconsin Elections Commission and Trump

Anderson v. Griswold and Trump

Joan Growe et al. v. Steve Simon

III. Proposed State Legislation 

Deposition Transcripts of House Select Committee (sorted by affiliation, position, date of deposition)

These files contain the full repository of transcripts released by the Select Committee. We identify and sort by every witness's affiliation. We created permanent links (via Perma.cc) for each of these documents.  The linked material accordingly cannot be deleted, even if a future Congress were to eliminate the content on the congressional websites, and it is also protected against "link rot." These documents are text searchable (OCR format). If you think we are missing anything, please send recommendations by email to Jan6Clearinghouse@justsecurity.org.

Congressional Hearings

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill June 10, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Congressional Documents (including House Select Committee)

The U.S. Capitol dome at dusk on April 13, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Background: Annie Grayer and Paul LeBlanc, A running list of who the January 6 committee has subpoenaed or requested to appear, CNN

1. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), incoming Chair of Senate Intelligence Committee, Urges Wireless Carriers and Technology Companies to Preserve Evidence Related to the Attack on the U.S. Capitol (Jan. 9. 2021)
Letters sent to AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Apple, Facebook, Gab, Google, Parler, Signal, Telegram, and Twitter. 

2. Trump Second Impeachment Trial
Core Documents and Other Documents via Union College Schaffer Library
Video Evidence Presented at Trial via Washington Post
Rep. Jamie Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Statement Confirming Conversation with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, entered into evidence in Senate impeachment trial (Feb. 12, 2021)

3. House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Letter to Parler Requesting Documents (Feb. 8, 2021)

Related: Parler Letter to Chair and Ranking Member of House Committee on Oversight and Reform (Mar. 25, 2021)

4. Chairs of Six House Committees, Document Requests to Agencies (Mar. 25, 2021)

5. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; Senate Rules and Administration Committee Joint Report (released on Jun. 8, 2021)

Related reading: FactCheck.Org, Facebook Post Misleads on Bipartisan Capitol Attack Report and Interview (Jun. 10, 2021)

6. House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Fact Sheet and Timeline: Delayed National Guard Response to January 6 Insurrection (released on Jun. 16, 2021)

7. House Committee on Oversight and Reform, "President Trump Pressure Campaign on the Department of Justice" (released on Jun. 15, 2021)
(Press Release) (Selected Documents) (see also Committee’s initial letter of request to DOJ)

8. House Resolution 503 - Establishing the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (introduced Jun. 28, 2021)

9. Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard P. Donoghue, Handwritten notes of phone call with President Trump on Dec. 27, 2020 and phone call with White House on Dec. 29, 2020 (transcription of positions of handwritten notes, by House Committee on Oversight and Reform)

10. GAO, Capitol Attack: Special Event Designations Could Have Been Requested for January 6, 2021, But Not All DHS Guidance Is Clear(Aug. 9, 2021)

11. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, Demands to the Executive Branch for Records (a single PDF with all demand letters) (press release) (Aug. 25, 2021):

12. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, Demands Records from Social Media Companies (a single PDF with all demand letters) (press release) (Aug. 26-27, 2021):

13. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, Telecom and Social Media Companies Preservation Requests (a single PDF with all demand letters) (Aug. 30, 2021).

14. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, Subpoenas to individuals connected to President Trump (press release) (Sept. 23, 2021)

Subpoena letters to four witnesses:

Mark Meadows
Daniel Scavino
Kashyap Patel
Stephen Bannon

15. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, Subpoenas to organizers of rallies and events preceding January 6th insurrection (press release) (Sept. 29, 2021)

Subpoena letters to 11 organizers:

Amy Kremer
Kylie Kremer
Cynthia Chafian
Caroline Wren
Maggie Mulvaney
Justin Caporale
Tim Unes
Megan Powers
Hannah Salem
Lyndon Brentnall
Katrina Pierson

16. Senate Judiciary Report on White House efforts toward Department of Justice (Oct. 7, 2021)

Majority Report: Subverting Justice: How the Former President and His Allies Pressured DOJ to Overturn the 2020 Election 

Minority Report: In Their Own Words: A Factual Summary of Testimony from Senior Justice Department Officials Relating to Events from December 14, 2020 to January 3, 2021

Transcript of interview with former Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen
Transcript of interview with former Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue
Transcript of interview with former U.S. Attorney BJay Pak

17. Conflict over Stephen Bannon testimony

18. House Select Committee, Subpoenas to Former Officials with Close Ties to the Former President (Nov. 8, 2021)

19. House Select Committee, Subpoenas to Additional Witnesses Tied to Efforts to Overturn Election Results (Nov. 9, 2021)

20. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, Subpoenas to Individuals Involved in Planning and Organizing the Rallies and March Preceding January 6th Attack (Nov. 22, 2021) (press release):

21. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, Subpoenas to Groups and Individuals Linked to Violent Attack on the Capitol on January 6th (Nov. 23, 2021) (press release)

22. Conflict over Jeffrey Clark testimony

  • House Select Committee, Subpoena to former Justice Department Official Jeffrey Clark (press release) (Oct. 13, 2021)
  • Jeffrey Clark’s attorney, Letter to House Select Committee (Nov. 5, 2021) (includes President Trump's attorney Doug Collins' letter to Jeff Clark (Aug. 2, 2021))
  • Jeffrey Clark’s attorney, Letter to House Select Committee (Nov. 29, 2021)
  • House Select Committee, Resolution and Report recommending House find Jeffrey Bossert Clark In Contempt of Congress ; H.R. 6119 (Dec. 1, 2021)

23. Conflict over John Eastman testimony

  • House Select Committee, Subpoena (Nov. 8, 2021)
  • John Eastman attorney, Letter to House Select Committee (Dec. 1, 2021) (invoking, inter alia, Fifth Amendment)
  • John Eastman v. Select Committee, Verizon, Complaint, Case 1:21-cv-03273 (filed Dec. 14, 2021)

24. Conflict over Mark Meadows testimony

House Select Committee, Letter to Mark Meadows’ attorney (Nov. 11, 2021)
Mark Meadows’ attorney, statement (Nov. 12, 2021)
Mark Meadows’ attorney, Washington Post op-ed (Nov. 13, 2021)
Mark Meadows’ attorney, Letter to Select Committee (Dec. 7, 2021)
House Select Committee, Letter to Mark Meadows’s attorney (Dec. 7, 2021)
Mark Meadows, Complaint v. Pelosi, Select Committee, Case 1:21-cv-03217 (Dec. 8, 2021) (see also “Civil Cases” section below)
House Select Committee, Report accompanying Resolution to hold Mark Meadows in Contempt of Congress (released Dec. 12, 2021)

25. Ali Alexander, Prepared opening statement (released Dec. 8, 2021

26. House Select Committee, Subpoena of James. P. (“Phil”) Waldron (Dec. 16, 2021)

27. House Select Committee, Letter to Rep. Scott Perry (Dec. 20, 2021)

28. House Select Committee, Letter to Rep. Jim Jordan (Dec. 22, 2021)

29. House Select Committee, Letter to Sean Hannity (Jan. 4, 2022)

30. House Select Committee Subpoenas Individuals Involved in Events Immediately Preceding Violent Attack on the Capitol (Jan. 11, 2022) (press release)

31. House Select Committee, Letter to Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Jan. 12, 2022)

32. House Select Committee, Subpoenas to social media companies (Jan. 13, 2022) (press release)

33. House Select Committee, Subpoenas to Trump associates involved in attempt to challenge or overturn the 2020 election results (Jan. 18, 2021) (press release)

34. House Select Committee, Subpoenas Nicholas J. Fuentes & Patrick Casey (Jan. 19, 2022) (press release)

35. House Select Committee, Letter to Ivanka Trump (Jan. 20, 2022)

36. House Select Committee, Subpoenas to “alternate electors” from seven states (Jan. 28, 2022) (press release)

37. House Select Committee, Interview of Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Anthony Ornato (Jan. 28, 2022)

38. House Select Committee, Subpoena to Peter Navarro (Feb. 9, 2022)

39. House Select Committee, Subpoenas to individuals involved in "alternate electors" scheme (press release) (Feb. 15, 2022)

40. House Select Committee, Subpoenas to witnesses who promoted unsupported claims of election fraud (press release) (Mar. 1, 2022)

41. House Select Committee, Subpoena to Kimberly Guilfoyle (Mar. 3, 2022) (press release)

42. House Select Committee, Contempt Referral for Peter Navarro and Daniel Scavino for failure to comply with subpoenas (Mar. 2022)

43. Mary B. McCord, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Expert Statement for House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (Mar. 31, 2022)

44. GAO Report, Federal Agencies’ Use of Open Source Data and Related Threat Products Prior to January 6, 2021 (May 2022)

45. House Select Committee, Subpoena to Pasquale “Pat” Cipollone (June 29, 2022)

46. House Select Committee, Subpoena to Secret Service Records (July 15, 2022) (press release)

47. House Select Committee, Statement on United States Secret Service’s Response to Select Committee Subpoena (July 20, 2022) (press release)

48. House Select Committee, Statement on Bannon Conviction (July 22, 2022) (press release)

49. House Select Committee, Letter to Newt Gingrich (Sept. 1, 2022) (press release)

50. Donald J. Trump, Letter to January 6th Select Committee (Oct. 13, 2022)

51. House Select Committee, Subpoena to Donald Trump (Oct. 21, 2022) (press release)

52. House Select Committee, Introductory Material and Executive Summary (Dec. 19, 2022)

53. Report of Investigation: Security Failures at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, Prepared at the direction of Reps. Jim Banks (R-IN), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Troy Nehls (R-TX) (released Dec. 21, 2022)

54. House Select Committee, Final Report on the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (Dec. 22, 2022) [pdf] [html original and via Perma-link]

55. Chair Thompson and Vice-Chair Cheney, Letter to White House Special Counsel Richard Sauber (Dec. 30, 2022)

56. House Select Committee, Social Media & the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, Summary of Investigative Findings (via Washington Post, Jan. 17, 2023)

57. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Planned in Plain Sight: A Review of the Intelligence Failures in Advance of January 6, 2021 (June 2023)

58. House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, Initial Findings Report on the Failures and Politicization of the January 6th Select Committee and the Activities on and Leading up to January 6, 2021 (Mar. 11, 2024)

Major Votes in Congress

A screenshot from C-Span with the words, 'January 6th Commission' at the top. Representatives sit and walk on the House floor. The breakdown of votes on HR 3233 are overlaid the video. 'Yea, Democratic 217; Nay, Democratic [blank]; PRES, Democratic [blank]; NV, Democratic 2; Yea, Republican 35; Nay, Republican 175; NV, Republican 1' Yea, Nay, Pres, and NV are all blank for Independent. 'Totals: Yea 252; Nay 175; NV 3; Time Remaining 0:00'

Criminal Cases

Three photos of known white supremacist leaders at the January 6 Attack on the Capitol. Their mug shots are overlaid the three photos next each person.

1. January 6 Hearings Criminal Evidence Tracker

2. Chart Tracking Trump’s Knowledge and Intent in Efforts to Overturn the Election

3. Seditious conspiracy cases

Oath Keepers: Indictment
 Proud Boys: Indictment (June 6, 2022 superseding indictment)
Oath Keeper William Todd Wilson: Statement of Offense

4. Department of Justice, Capitol Breach Cases (DOJ six-month summary of Jun. 6, 2021, one-year summary of Dec. 30, 2021)

5. Attorney General Garland, Election Year Sensitivities Memorandum (May 25, 2022)

6. George Washington University, Program on Extremism

7. The Prosecution Project’s Spreadsheet of  federal and non-federal Capitol prosecutions

8. Marcy Wheeler’s analysis of conspiracy cases (Mar. 19, 2021, June 11, 2021, and Jun. 14, 2021)

9. Dinah Voyles Pulver and Bart Jansen, Who invaded the US Capitol on Jan. 6? Criminal cases shed light on offenses, USA Today (Jan. 6, 2022) (see earlier version of Jun. 22, 2021)

10. NPR's Searchable Database: "The Capitol Siege: The Arrested And Their Stories."

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11. Attorney General for the State of Michigan Dana Nessel, Petition for Appointment of Special Prosecutor to consider filing criminal charges against nine individuals for attempting to gain improper access to voting machines (Aug. 5, 2022)

Civil Cases

Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) and Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) take cover as insurrectionists attack the U.S. on January 6, 2021 during the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote.

1. Karen Bass et al.  Incitement Suit for Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

Bass v. Trump, No. 21-cv-00400 (D.D.C. filed Feb. 16, 2021)

Plaintiff: Rep. Karen R. Bass, Rep. Stephen I. Cohen, Rep. Veronica Escobar, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Rep. Henry C. Johnson, Jr., Rep. Marcia C. Kaptur, Rep. Barbara J. Lee, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Rep. Maxine Waters, and Rep. Bonnie M. Watson Coleman, represented by the NAACP.

Case Summary: On Feb. 16, 2021, Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson sued former President Trump and Rudy Giuliani along with two right-wing militia groups known as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, for violating the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1985(1). In the complaint, Thompson alleges that Trump violated the Ku Klux Klan Act by inciting the rioters with the intent to prevent Members of Congress from discharging their official duties of the timely approval of the Electoral College vote. He argues that after Trump’s loss in the Nov. 2020 election, the then-President set out on a campaign to mobilize his supporters, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. It portrays Trump’s rhetoric on the morning of Jan. 6 as a call to arms and as intended to prevent the certification of the election.

The Act was passed in 1871 in response to violence and intimidation by the KKK intended to stop Black people from voting. The legislation allows Members of Congress to sue individuals who conspire to violently “molest, interrupt, hinder, or impede” the discharge of a public official’s duties.

Thompson seeks compensatory damages for his emotional distress suffered during the attack in addition to punitive damages.

Case Status: On Apr. 7, 2021, ten additional members of Congress joined the lawsuit as plaintiffs. The defendants moved to dismiss on May 26. In Trump’s motion, he argued (i) that he has absolute immunity because he was acting as president; (ii) that even if he did not have absolute immunity, the Westfall Act shields him from any personal liability; (iii) that members of Congress cannot sue under the KKK Act; and (iv) that his speech was protected by the First Amendment. As of September 2021, the court has not yet ruled on the motions.

Update: On July 21, 2021, Rep. Thompson announced that he would withdraw from the lawsuit to avoid any conflict with the Jan. 6 House Select Committee, which Thompson is chairing. The other plaintiffs--all members of Congress who are not on the Committee--confirmed that they would continue the lawsuit. 

Update: Judge Mehta–who is also presiding over the Bass, Swalwell and Blassingame 1/6 suits–scheduled a combined oral argument for Jan. 10, 2022, for all three cases.

Update: On Feb. 18, 2022, the district court denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the § 1985 claim against him. 

2. Eric Swalwell Incitement Suit for Jan. 6 Riots

Swalwell v. Trump, No 21-cv-00586 (D.D.C. filed Mar. 5, 2021)

Plaintiff: Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA)

Case Summary: On Mar. 5, 2021, Representative Eric Swalwell sued Donald Trump and several associates in DC federal court over the Jan. 6 riots. Much like Representative Bennie Thompson’s related suit, Swalwell alleges that Trump and his co-defendants–Donald Trump Jr., Representative Mo Brooks (R-AL), and Rudy Giuliani–violated the Ku Klux Klan Act by conspiring to interfere with the Electoral College count on Jan. 6.

Swalwell’s suit also goes one step further: it claims that the defendants should be held civilly liable for negligence because they committed criminal incitement under DC’s local code, which establishes the standard of care. Notably, Swalwell says that Trump violated the same DC code–§22-1321(a)(2)–that DC AG Karl Racine is apparently focusing on in his own criminal investigation into Trump’s conduct.

Beyond the civil rights and incitement counts, Swalwell also claims that the defendants are liable for encouraging (aiding and abetting) the rioters’ violent conduct and for intentionally inflicting emotional distress on members of Congress in connection with the attack on the Capitol.

Case Status: Swalwell filed his complaint on Mar. 5, 2021. Trump’s answer is due by May 23, 2021.

Update: On May 17, 2021, Giuliani filed a motion to dismiss the claims against him. He argued that his speech did not qualify as incitement, that he never formed a conspiracy with the other defendants or the rioters, and that his speech was ultimately protected by the First Amendment.

Update: On May 24, 2021, Donald Trump and his son Donald Jr. filed their own motion to dismiss. Most notably, former President Trump argued that he had absolute immunity against Swalwell’s claims because Trump’s alleged misconduct was within the scope of his official duties as president. Both Trump and Trump Jr. also contended that their speech was protected under the First Amendment and the canonical Brandenburg test. The Trumps also advanced various other arguments ranging from standing to the political question doctrine to even a claim that Swalwell was barred from suing Trump over the same conduct for which Trump was acquitted at his impeachment trial.

Update: On July 27, 2021: The Justice Department submitted a brief stating that Brooks was not acting within the scope of his employment and thus not shielded by the Westfall Act. The House of Representatives filed a response taking a “non-participation approach” (silence) on the question whether Brooks acted within his scope of employment. The Chairwoman of the Committee on House Administration submitted a brief stating that Rep. Brooks was not acting within his scope of employment.

Update: Judge Mehta–who is also presiding over the Bass, Swalwell and Blassingame 1/6 suits–scheduled a combined oral argument for Jan. 10, 2022, for all three cases.

Update: On Feb. 18, 2022, the district court denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the § 1985 claim against him. 

3. Capitol Police Suit for Jan. 6 Riots

Blassingame v. Trump, No. 21-cv-00858 (D.D.C. filed Mar 30, 2021)

Plaintiff: James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby, two Capitol police officers

Case Summary: On Mar. 30, 2021, two Capitol Police Officers sued Donald Trump for injuries they sustained during the Jan. 6 riots in DC. The officers–James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby–say they were maced with bear spray, attacked with fists and flagpoles, and even crushed against a door as they tried to protect the Capitol from pro-Trump intruders.

Much like the other Jan. 6 suits against Trump, the officers pin their injuries on Trump’s incendiary rhetoric before and during violence. Both allege that Trump directed the rioters to assault them, aided the rioters in committing those assaults, and negligently incited the riot in violation of DC’s public safety codes. Blassingame also accuses Trump of directing intentional infliction of emotional distress, pointing to the racial slurs and taunts that the intruders allegedly hurled at him during the violence.

Case Status: The officers filed their suit in DC federal court on Mar. 30, 2021.

Update: On Apr. 28, 2021, the plaintiffs added two new conspiracy claims against Trump, one based on the KKK Act and the other on common law conspiracy. They allege that Trump illegally conspired with the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers to storm the Capitol, which in turn caused the plaintiffs’ injuries.

Update: Judge Mehta–who is also presiding over the Bass, Swalwell and Blassingame 1/6 suits–scheduled a combined oral argument for Jan. 10, 2022, for all three cases.

Update: On Feb. 18, 2022, the district court denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the § 1985 claim against him. 

4. Second Capitol Police Suit over the Jan. 6 Riots

Smith v. Trump, No. 21-cv-02265 (D.D.C. filed Aug. 26, 2021)

Plaintiff: Seven Capitol Police officers

Case Summary: On Aug. 26, 2021, a second group of Capitol Police officers filed suit over injuries they suffered while defending the Capitol on Jan. 6. The officers allege that Trump and his co-defendants--including the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers--conspired to incite a riot and attack the Capitol, leaving the officers physically and emotionally injured.

Like the other Jan. 6 lawsuits against Trump, the complaint asserts that Trump violated the KKK Act by conspiring to instigate the riots. The complaint also alleges that unnamed defendants--listed as “John Does” who carried out the attack--physically assaulted the officers at Trump’s provocation, which could make Trump liable for the officers’ injuries. 

The plaintiffs also add in a unique claim not found in other Jan. 6 lawsuits against Trump: that the defendants violated the DC Bias-Related Crimes Act, a local hate crime statute. According to the complaint, the defendants were motivated by political bias against the Democratic Party when they instigated and executed the Capitol attack.

Case Status: The officers filed their suit in DC federal court on Aug 26, 2021.

Update: Donald Trump filed a motion to dismiss on Nov. 12, 2021. Much like in the other Jan. 6 suits, Trump argued that his speech was constitutionally protected by presidential immunity, the First Amendment, and preclusion as a result of the impeachment acquittal.

Update: On Dec. 5, 2021, the plaintiffs amended their complaint to add an eighth officer as a plaintiff and to add a pro-Trump PAC as an additional defendant. The court ruled that the defendants could file new motions to dismiss against this amended complaint, due by Dec. 23, 2021.

5. Third Capitol Police Suit over the Jan. 6 Riots

Moore v. Trump, No. 22-cv-00010 (D.D.C. filed Jan. 4, 2022)

Plaintiff: Marcus J. Moore, US Capitol Police Officer

Case Summary: On Jan. 4, 2022, a third suit was filed by a Capitol Police officer alleging that physical and emotional injuries he suffered were caused by Trump’s inciting the Jan. 6 riot. The complaint alleges that Trump directed, aided and abetted, and conspired to incite the riot. The officer seeks compensatory and punitive damages.

The officer claims that the actions, tweets, and comments made by Trump prior, during, and after the insurrection resulted in actual physical injuries as rioters struck him and attacked him with physical objects and chemical agents. Like other Jan. 6 lawsuits, the officer claims Trump violated the KKK Act as Trump conspired to attack the Capitol with his followers. The officer, like earlier lawsuits, further cited violations of the D.C. Code for inciting a riot and disorderly conduct.

Case Status: The officer filed his suit in DC District Court on January 4, 2022.

6. Metropolitan Police Suits over the Jan. 6. Riots

Tabron v. Trump, No. 22-cv-00011 (D.D.C. filed Jan. 4, 2022)

Plaintiff: Bobby Tabron and DeDivine K. Carter, Metropolitan Police Officers

Case Summary: On Jan. 4, 2022, two Metropolitan Police Officers filed suit alleging that physical and emotional injuries they suffered were caused by Trump’s inciting the Jan. 6 riot. The complaint alleges that Trump directed, aided and abetted, and conspired to incite the riot. The officers seek compensatory and punitive damages.

The officers claim that the actions, tweets, and comments made by Trump prior, during, and after the insurrection resulted in actual physical injuries as rioters struck them and attacked them with physical objects and chemical agents. Like other Ja. 6 lawsuits, the officers claim Trump violated the KKK Act as Trump conspired to attack the Capitol with his followers. The officers, like earlier lawsuits, further cited violations of the D.C. Code for inciting a riot and disorderly conduct.

Case Status: The officers filed their suit on January 4, 2022.

7. Former President Trump suit to block release of White House documents to Select Committee

Federal District Court

Briefs:

District court hearing: Transcript (Nov. 4, 2021)
District court judgment: Opinion rejecting President Trump’s motion (Nov. 9, 2021)

Court of Appeals

Briefs:

  • Donald J. Trump, Brief (Nov. 16, 2021)
  • Executive Branch Defendants, Brief (Nov. 22, 2021)
  • House Select Committee, Brief (Nov. 22, 2021)
  • CREW and Former White House Attorneys, Amicus Brief (Nov. 22, 2021)
  • Former Members of Congress, Amicus Brief (Nov. 22, 2021)
  • Government Accountability Project, Government Information Watch, National Security Counselors, Amicus Brief (Nov. 24, 2021)
  • Donald J. Trump, Reply Brief (Nov. 24, 2021)

Court of Appeals hearing: Oral argument (Nov. 30, 2021)
Court of Appeals Order and Opinion (Dec. 9, 2021)

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court opinion  rejecting President Trump’s appeal (Jan. 19, 2022)

8. Witnesses lawsuits to block Select Committee subpoenas against selves and/or Verizon/carries

  • Taylor Budowich v. Pelosi, Select Committee, JP Morgan Chase, Complaint, Case 1:21-cv-03366 (filed Dec. 24, 2021)
  • Kelly and Connie Meggs v. Pelosi, Select Committee, Verizon, Complaint, Case 1:22-cv-00005 Verizon (filed Jan. 3, 2022)
  • Sebastian Gorka v. Select Committee, Verizon, Complaint,  Case 1:22-cv-00017 (filed Jan. 04, 2022)
  • Mike Lindell v. Select Committee, Verizon, Complaint, Case 0:22-cv-00028 (filed Jan. 05, 2022)
  • Anonymous Plaintiff v. Select Committee, Verizon, Complaint,  Case 1:22-cv-00018 (filed Jan. 05, 2022)

9. District of Columbia v. Militia Groups

District of Columbia v. Proud Boys, ,Oath Keepers et al, Case 1:21-cv-03267 (D.D.C. filed Dec. 14, 2021)

Government Documents

File folders in a filing cabinet

Digital Forensics and Social Media Analysis

An aerial image of the Capitol Building with check-in markers laid over it.

Research on Participants: Militias, Spontaneous Actors, and Others

A militia walks in single file through the crowd during the January 6th attack. They wear helmets and combat gear.

The Big Lie: Organizations, Broadcast and Cable Media

US President Donald Trump greets talk show host Sean Hannity at a Make America Great Again rally in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on November 5, 2018. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

1. Background: Yochai Benkler, Rob Faris and Hal Robert, Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics (Oxford University Press 2018)

Related reading: Blame Fox, not Facebook, for fake news - Interview with Yochai Benkler, Washington Post - Monkey Cage (Nov. 6, 2018)

2. Bruce Etling, Hal Roberts, Justin Clark, Rob Faris, Jonas Kaiser, Carolyn Schmitt, Yochai Benkler, Casey Tilton, Mail-In Voter Fraud: Anatomy of a Disinformation Campaign, Working Paper (Oct. 1, 2020)

3. Kevin Drum, Facebook Fuels Toxic Content, But Fox News Is Still the Superspreader, Mother Jones, (Nov. 21, 2020)

4. Conservative Action Project, “Conservatives Call on State Legislators to Appoint New Electors, in Accordance with the Constitution,” (Dec. 10, 2020)

5. Brian Stelter, Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth (Simon & Schuster: 2021)

6. Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, First Department, In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani (Jun. 24, 2021) (suspension of law license for participating in disinformation efforts leading up to Capitol attack)

7.  U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan – Imposing sanctions and referring for disbarment Sidney Powell, Lin Wood, et al. (Aug. 25, 2021)

8. Smartmatic Litigation
1) Smartmatic Complaint Against Herring Networks (One America News Network (OANN)) (Nov. 3, 2021)

Court Opinion (denial of motion to dismiss) (June 21, 2022)

2)  Smartmatic Complaint Against Newsmax

3) Smartmatic Complaint Against Fox News, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, and Jeanine Pirro (Feb. 4, 2021)

Fox News Network Response to Smartmatic
Court Opinion (denial of motion to dismiss by Fox News, Bartiromo & Dobbs; granting in part of motion to dismiss by Giuliani; granting motion to dismiss by Powell & Pirro) (March 8, 2022)

9. Dominion Voting Systems Litigation
1) Dominion Complaint Against Sidney Powell (Jan. 8, 2021)

Powell Motion to Dismiss (March 22, 2021)
Court Opinion (denial of motion to dismiss for Powell, Giuliani & Lindell/My Pillow) (Aug. 11, 2022)

2) Dominion Complaint Against Rudolph Giuliani (Jan. 25, 2021) (with exhibits)

Court Opinion (denial of motion to dismiss for Powell, Giuliani & Lindell/My Pillow)  (Aug. 11, 2022)

3) Dominion Complaint Against Mike Lindell and My Pillow (Feb. 22, 2021)

Court Opinion (denial of motion to dismiss for Powell, Giuliani & Lindell/My Pillow)  (Aug. 11, 2022)

4) Dominion Complaint Against One America News Network (OANN) (Aug. 10, 2021)

5) Dominion Complaint Against Newsmax (Aug. 10, 2021)

Court Opinion (denial of motion to dismiss) (June 16, 2022)

6) Dominion Complaint Against Patrick Byrne of Overstock (Aug. 10, 2021)

Court Opinion (denial of motion to dismiss) (April 20, 2022)

7) Dominion Complaint Against Fox Corporation and Fox Broadcasting (Nov. 8, 2021)

Fox News Network Motion to Dismiss
 Court Opinion (denial of motion to dismiss for Fox Corporation; grant of motion to dismiss for Fox Broadcasting) (June 21, 2022)
Dominion Summary-Judgment Motion (Jan. 17, 2022)
Dominion Reply Brief (Feb. 20, 2022)
Fox News Network Motion for Summary Judgement (Jan. 17, 2023)
Dominion v. Fox Summary Judgement (Mar. 31, 2023)

8) Eric Coomer, executive at Dominion Voting Systems

Court Opinion denying motion to dismiss by all defendants including Donald J. Trump for President; Rudy Giuliani; Sidney Powell; Sidney Powell P.C.; TGP Communications LLC dba The Gateway Pundit; Herring Networks, Inc. dba One America News Network (OANN); Joseph Oltmann; FEC United, Inc.; Shuffling Madness Media, Inc. dba Conservative Daily, James Hoft; Michelle Malkin; Eric Metaxas; Chanel Rion; Defending the Republic, Inc. (May 13, 2022)

10. Retractions and Apologies

11. Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Letters to Heads of AT&T, Verizon, Roku, Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Charter Communications, Dish Network, Cox Communications, Altice USA, Alphabet, Hulu (re Fox News, Newsmax and OANN) (Feb. 22, 2021)

12. Eric Hananoki, Several GOP organizations posted a flyer on Facebook calling for “Operation Occupy the Capitol” with the hashtag “1776Rebel,” Media Matters (Jan. 13, 2021)

13. Lis Power, In 2 weeks after it called the election, Fox News cast doubt on the results nearly 800 times-Fox News built the lie that fueled Trump’s insurrectionist mob, Media Matters (Jan. 14, 2021)

14. James Murdoch blasts US media for unleashing ‘insidious forces,’ Financial Times (Jan. 15, 2021)

15. Erik Wemple, Never Forget Fox News’s Promotion Of The ‘Big Lie,’ Washington Post Opinion (Jan. 19, 2021)

16. Justin Baragona, How Fox News Primetime Jacked Up Trump’s ‘Big Lie,’ Daily Beast (Feb. 7, 2021)

17. Justin Hendrix, Anatomy of the Big Lie: Participatory Disinformation vs. Democracy, Tech Policy Press (May 13, 2021)

18. Rosalind S. Helderman , Emma Brown, Tom Hamburger and Josh Dawsey, Inside The ‘Shadow Reality World’ Promoting The Lie That The Presidential Election Was Stolen, Washington Post (Jun. 24, 2021)

19. Justin Hendrix, Nicholas Tonckens and Sruthi Venkatachalam, Timeline: Rep. Jim Jordan, a Systematic Disinformation Campaign, and January 6 (Aug. 23, 2021)

20. Claremont Institute - 79 Days to Inauguration Taskforce Report- A Project of the Claremont Institute and the Texas Public Policy Foundation

Related reporting: Christian Vanderbrouk, Notes on an Authoritarian Conspiracy: Inside the Claremont Institute’s “79 Days to Inauguration” The Bulwark (Nov. 8, 2021)

  1. Trump campaign campaign communications staff memo on baseless election claims (Nov. 2020) 

Related news reporting: Alan Feuer, Trump Campaign Knew Lawyers’ Voting Machine Claims Were Baseless, Memo Shows, New York Times (Sept. 21, 2021)
22. "Strategic Communications Plan - Giuliani Presidential Legal Defense Team" (provided to Select Committee by Bernard Kerik on Dec. 31, 2021)

23.  District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Board on Professional Responsibility, In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani (April 4, 2022) (suspension of law license for participating in disinformation efforts leading up to Capitol attack)

24.  Ian Kennedy, Morgan Wack, Andrew Beers, Joseph S. Schafer, Isabella Garcia-Camargo, Emma S. Spirou, Kate Starbird, Repeat Spreaders and Election Delegitimization: A Comprehensive Dataset of Misinformation Tweets from the 2020 U.S. Election, Journal of Quantitative Description, 2: 1-49 (2022) (discussing findings from new dataset ElectionMisinfo2020)

25. Senator John Danforth, Benjamin Ginsberg, The Honorable Thomas B. Griffith, David Hoppe, The Honorable J. Michael Luttig, The Honorable Michael W. McConnell, The Honorable Theodore B. Olson, Senator Gordon H. Smith, Lost, Not Stolen: The Conservative Case that Trump Lost and Biden Won the 2020 Presidential Election (July 2022)

26. Ray and Robyn Epps Cease-and-Desist Letter to Tucker Carlson and Fox News (Mar. 23, 2023)

27. Robert Zeidman v. Lindell Management LLC Arbitration Panel Decision (April 19, 2023)

28. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Board on Professional Responsibility, In the Matter of Rudolph W. Giuliani (July 7, 2023) (recommendation that Giuliani be disbarred for his involvement in the 2020 presidential election)

Additional Research Papers and Investigative Reports

1. Mitchell D. Silber, Domestic violent extremism and the intelligence challenge, Atlantic Council Report (May 18, 2021)

2. Ari Chasnoff, Election Integrity Partnership Releases Final Report on Mis- and Disinformation in 2020 U.S. Election, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University (Mar. 2, 2021)

Related content: Webinar

Opinion Polls and Surveys

Two graphs sharing the title, ‘Ipsos Poll: The Big Lie; Majority of Republicans believe Donald Trump is the actual President right now’ The first graph reads, ‘Who do you think the True President is right now:’ Percent of people that responded, ‘Joe Biden:’ 75% All Americans; 97% Democrats; 78% Independents; 47% Republicans. Percent of people that responded, ‘Donald Trump:’ 25% All Americans; 3% Democrats; 22% Independents; 53% Republicans. The second chart reads, ‘What comes close to your view of the 2020 election, it was…’ Percents of those that responded it was ‘Legitimate and Accurate:’ 55% All Americans; 86% Democrats; 53% Independents; 25% Republicans. The percents of those who responded ‘The result of illegal voting or election rigging:’ 25% of All Americans, 5% of Democrats; 16% of Independents; 56% of Republicans.

1. YouGov, Same-Day Reactions to Events at Capitol Riot (Jan. 6, 2021)

2. Quinnipiac (Jan. 11, 2021)

3. Quinnipiac (Jan. 18, 2021)

4. Pew Research Center, Views on the rioting at the U.S. Capitol and Voters’ reflections on the 2020 election (Jan. 15, 2021)

5. Covid States Project, Public attitudes toward the storming of the Capitol building (Feb. 15, 2021)

6. Monmouth University (Mar. 17, 2021)

7. Pew Research Center, Public Views Prosecution of Capitol Rioters (Mar. 18, 2021)

8. Economist/YouGov(Question 33) (Apr. 17-20, 2021) 

9. UMass Amherst (Apr. 21-23, 2021) 

10. CBS News Poll (Questions 4-9) (May 12-14, 2021) 

11. Ipsos/Reuters, The Big Lie (May 21, 2021)

12. Economist/YouGov (Questions 44-50) (May 22-25, 2021)

13. Yahoo!News/YouGov (Questions 34-43) (May 24-26, 2021) 

14. Quinnipiac (Question 43) (May 27, 2021)

15. PRRI, Understanding QAnon’s Connection to American Politics, Religion, and Media Consumption (May 27, 2021)

16. Economist/YouGov (Question 29-35) (May 29-Jun. 1, 2021) 

17. Global Strategy Group, Navigator (Questions 92-94) (May 20-25, 2021)

18. Lee Drutman, Theft Perception: Examining the Views of Americans Who Believe the 2020 Election was Stolen, Democracy Fund (Jun. 2021) (note: several of the surveys reported in this piece are months older)

19. University of Chicago’s Center for the Study of Politics and Society (CPOST) (via NORC) American Political Violence Survey (September 24-27, 2021)

20. Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research (December 2-7)

21. Washington Post-University of Maryland poll (December 17-19, 2021)

22. UMass Amherst Poll (December 1-20, 2021)

23. NPR/Ipsos poll (December 17-20, 2021)

24. Morning Consult/Politico (December 18-20, 2021)

25. ABC News/Ipsos Poll (December 27 - 29, 2021)

26. CBS News/YouGov (December 27-30, 2021)

27. Axios/Momentive (January 1 - January 3, 2022)

28. Quinnipiac (Jan. 7-10, 2022)

29. Washington Post-ABC News (April 24-28, 2022)

30. NBC News (May 5-10, 2022)

31. Morning Consult/Politico (June 10-12, 2022)

32. ABC News/Ipsos Poll (June 17-18, 2022)

33. Monmouth University Poll (June 23-27, 2022)

34. Monmouth University, Public split over whether former president’s political presence poses danger to democracy (Oct. 19, 2022)

35. CNN Poll (Oct. 26-31, 2022)

36. YouGov, Most Americans — but fewer than in 2021 — disapprove of the January 6 Capitol takeover (Jan. 4, 2023)

37. YouGov, A small but growing share of Americans approve of the people who took over the Capitol on January 6 (Mar. 16, 2023)

38. Quinnipiac, Mixed Signals On Trump: Majority Says Criminal Charges Should Disqualify '24 Run, Popularity Is Unchanged, Leads DeSantis By Double Digits, Quinnipiac University National Poll Find (Mar. 29, 2023)

39. University of Chicago, Findings from the April 2023 CPOST/NORC Nationally Representative Survey on Understanding Support for Political Violence in America (Mar. 31-April 6, 2023)

40. NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist, About Two in Three Americans Oppose Second Trump Administration, But Many Republicans Still Want Trump as President Even if Found Guilty on Criminal Charges (Apr. 17-19, 2023)

41. Politico Magazine-Ipsos, Three in five Americans say Trump should stand trial before the Republican primaries or 2024 general election (Aug. 18-21, 2023)

42. Times-Siena Poll (Oct. 22-Nov. 3, 2023)

43. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, AJC poll: Biden and Trump are deadlocked in battleground Georgia (Nov. 8, 2023)

44. Vanderbilt University (Nov. 14-Dec. 2, 2023)

45. Wall Street Journal, Trump Takes 2024 Lead as Biden Approval Hits New Low, WSJ Poll Finds (Nov. 29-Dec. 4, 2023)

46. Reuters-Ipsos Poll (Dec. 5-11, 2023)

47. Yahoo! News-YouGov Poll (Dec. 14-18, 2023)

48. Washington Post-University of Maryland, Republican loyalty to Trump, rioters climbs in 3 years after Jan. 6 attack (Dec. 14-18, 2023)

49. Times-Siena Poll (Dec. 19, 2023)

The editors are also grateful for the assistance of Joshua Asabor, Matthew Bailey, Sarah Butterfield, Brianne Cuffe, and Nicholas Tonckens in the creation of the Clearinghouse.

 

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