Overview

This file catalogs the major reference documents, datasets, official reports, court records, and journalism that comprise the evidentiary record for understanding January 6, 2021 and the broader 2020-2024 plot to overturn the election. It functions as the citation backbone for the Accountability KB rosters and deep profiles.

Status: Living document. Last updated 2026-05-06.

This file is keyword-dense by design so the AI advisor can answer “where do I find X” or “what does Y report say” questions.

Primary Federal Records

January 6th Select Committee (House) — Final Report

• Title: Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
• Published: December 22, 2022
• Length: 845 pages (main report) + 117 supporting transcripts and exhibits
• Authors: Bipartisan committee chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Vice Chair Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY)
• Key findings: Trump engaged in a multi-part conspiracy to overturn the election; criminal referrals against Trump for obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement, and incitement / assistance / aid and comfort to an insurrection
• Status: Public record; archived by GovInfo, Internet Archive, and most law-school libraries
• Patriot University reference: Used throughout January 6th Coup Plotters and Co-Conspirators, Mark Meadows — Political Accountability Profile, John Eastman — Political Accountability Profile, etc.

Department of Justice — Capitol Breach Cases Database

• URL: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases (now redirected/archived post-pardons)
• Maintained by: US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia
• Coverage: Every federal criminal case arising from January 6, 2021
• Status: Active through January 19, 2025; archived after mass pardons
• Mirror: George Washington University Program on Extremism’s J6 Defendants Database

Special Counsel Jack Smith — Investigations

• DC case: United States v. Donald Trump (election-obstruction); indictment August 2023; dismissed November 2024 after election under DOJ policy on indicting sitting presidents
• Mar-a-Lago documents case: United States v. Donald Trump (classified-documents case); dismissed by Judge Aileen Cannon July 2024 (under appeal)
• Final Special Counsel report: Released January 2025 (volumes 1 and 2)

Office of Special Counsel — Hatch Act Investigation

• Title: Investigation of Political Activities by Senior Trump Administration Officials During the 2020 Presidential Election
• Published: November 2021
• Findings: At least 13 senior Trump administration officials violated the Hatch Act during 2020 election cycle
• In One6Project: docs/Investigation of Political Activities by Senior Trump Administration Officials During the 2020 Presidential Election.pdf

State-Level Court Records

Georgia (Fulton County)

• Case: State v. Trump et al. (Fulton County 2023SC188947)
• Charges: Georgia RICO + 40 counts against Trump and 18 co-defendants
• Status: Status frozen following Fulton County DA Fani Willis’s August 2025 disqualification
• Public docket: PACER + Fulton County Superior Court online

Arizona (Maricopa County)

• Case: State v. Boris Epshteyn et al. (Maricopa County CR 2024-104915)
• Charges: 11 fake electors plus Eastman, Chesebro, Giuliani, Boris Epshteyn, Jenna Ellis, Christina Bobb, Mike Roman, Mark Meadows
• Status: Pretrial; multiple plea deals (Ellis, Bobb)
• Filed: April 2024

Michigan

• Case: 16 fake electors charged July 2023
• Status: Pending

Nevada (Clark County)

• Case: 6 fake electors charged December 2023; dismissed June 2024 on venue grounds; refiled

Wisconsin (Dane County)

• Case: State v. Chesebro, Roman, Troupis charged June 2024
• Status: Pending

Civil Litigation

• Smith v. Cawthorn (insurrectionist disqualification, NC)
• Griswold v. Trump (CO ballot disqualification; reversed by SCOTUS in Trump v. Anderson March 2024)
• Capitol Police Officers v. Trump (multiple civil suits)
• Freeman v. Giuliani (defamation; $148M judgment)
• Salas v. Trump (federal civil suit on Jan 6)

Conservative-Authored Reports

“Lost Not Stolen” (2022)

• Full Title: Lost, Not Stolen: The Conservative Case That Trump Lost and Biden Won the 2020 Election
• Authors: Eight prominent conservative election lawyers including former federal judge Thomas Griffith, former US Senator John Danforth, Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore Olson, Bob Bauer (counterpoint), David Hoppe
• Publisher: Self-published; Brookings hosted
• Findings: After examining every claim of fraud in 2020, found no factual basis for any of them
• In One6Project: docs/Lost Not Stolen--The.pdf
• Significance: Published by Republican election-law experts; serves as the most authoritative refutation of fraud claims from a conservative legal perspective

Just Security J6 Criminal Evidence Tracker

• Title: The January 6th Hearings: A Criminal Evidence Tracker (now in 7th edition)
• Maintained by: Just Security (NYU Center on Law and Security)
• Coverage: Comprehensive index of all evidence presented during J6 hearings keyed to potential criminal charges
• In One6Project: docs/The-January-6th-Hearings-A-Criminal-Evidence-Tracker-7th-ed.pdf

Academic / Think-Tank Reports

Protect Democracy — The Authoritarian Playbook

• Authors: Jennifer Dresden, Justin Florence, Erica Newland, Carine Hajjar, Christopher Bidwell
• Published: 2022 (revised 2024)
• Framework: Identifies seven authoritarian tactics — Politicizing Independent Institutions; Spreading Disinformation; Aggrandizing Executive Power at the Expense of Checks and Balances; Quashing Dissent; Targeting Vulnerable or Marginalized Communities; Corrupting Elections; Stoking Violence
• In One6Project: docs/The Authoritarian Playbook.pdf
• Patriot University: Foundational framework for the authoritarianism marker taxonomy

CPOST (University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats)

• Lead: Robert A. Pape
• Studies: “Insurrectionists” research on J6 defendant demographics; American Political Violence Survey (semi-annual since 2021)
• Key findings: Demographic-displacement anxiety as predictor; mainstream not marginal; growing willingness to support political violence

GWU Program on Extremism — Jan 6 Defendants Database

• Maintained by: Seamus Hughes, Lorenzo Vidino, Bennett Clifford
• Coverage: Every January 6 defendant with charges, plea, sentence, organizational ties
• URL: https://extremism.gwu.edu/Capitol-Hill-Cases (verify current URL)

START (University of Maryland) — CHAOS dataset

• Lead: Michael Jensen
• Coverage: All US-based political extremism incidents
• Useful for: Comparative context for J6 within the broader political-violence trajectory

Russian Disinformation Reference

State Department GEC — Pillars of Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem

• Published: August 2020
• Author: US State Department Global Engagement Center
• Content: Mapped 5 pillars of Russian state-aligned information operations; predates the 2020 election but provides framework for understanding the disinformation ecosystem in which J6 operated
• In One6Project: docs/Pillars-of-Russia's-Disinformation-and-Propaganda-Ecosystem_08-04-20.pdf

Journalism Compilations

The New York Times

• “How Trump’s 2020 Election Lies Have Gripped State Legislatures” (March 2022)
• “Trump’s 187 Minutes of Inaction” (J6 Committee summary)
• Daily archive of post-election period coverage

The Washington Post

• “The January 6 Insurrection Project” (multimedia archive)
• “187 Minutes of Mayhem” (interactive feature)
• Robert Costa / Bob Woodward / Phil Rucker books

AP

• “The Big Lie” documentary series
• State-by-state election-fraud-claim debunking series

ProPublica

• “Documenting Hate” project (broader than J6, includes coverage)
• “Insurrection at the Capitol” project

Reuters

• Special Report: “Trump’s Campaign of Fear” (2020-2024 series tracking threats against election officials)

Mother Jones

• David Corn / Dan Friedman investigative coverage

The Atlantic

• Barton Gellman: “Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun” (December 2021)
• Anne Applebaum: “The Bad Guys Are Winning” (2021)
• **McKay Coppins: Romney: A Reckoning (2023)** — Mitt Romney’s diaries on the period

Key Books

On Trump’s Conduct

• Bob Woodward, Peril (2021)
• Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man (2022)
• Carol Leonnig & Phil Rucker, I Alone Can Fix It (2021)
• Cassidy Hutchinson, Enough (2023)
• Liz Cheney, Oath and Honor (2023)
• Mark Esper, A Sacred Oath (2022)
• Bill Barr, One Damn Thing After Another (2022)
• John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened (2020)

On the J6 Investigation

• Aaron Davis & Tom Hamburger, The Insurrectionists (forthcoming)
• David Rohde, Where Tyranny Begins (2024)
• Andrew Weissmann, The Trump Indictments (2024)
• Just Security J6 Tracker (digital reference)

On Authoritarianism / Project 2025

• Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt, How Democracies Die (2018) and Tyranny of the Minority (2023)
• Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy (2020)
• Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny (2017) and On Freedom (2024)
• Heritage Foundation, Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise (Project 2025)
• Center for American Progress, Democracy on the Ballot (analyses of P2025)

Key Government Datasets

Federal Register

• Use: Tracks executive orders, proclamations, and presidential memoranda
• API: https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1
• Patriot KB: Workstream 4 (Trump speech corpus) ingests EOs and memoranda for promise-tracking

OGE (Office of Government Ethics)

• Use: Public Financial Disclosure (Form 278) and conflict-of-interest documents for senior officials
• In Patriot KB: Cited in Conflicts of Interest Matrix — Trump 2.0 Administration & Movement Network and individual deep profiles

FEC

• Use: Campaign finance records (donors, PACs, expenditures)
• In Patriot KB: Cited in Trump Mega-Donors and Funder Network and Trump-Aligned PACs and Super PACs

CourtListener / RECAP / PACER

• Use: Federal court dockets and filings
• In Patriot KB: Cited in deep profiles for indictment / litigation status

Cross-References

• January 6th Coup Plotters and Co-Conspirators
• January 6 Capitol Attack Participants — Data Summary
• January 6th Pardons Tracker: Recidivism and Accountability
• one6project-source-directory.md
• Conflicts of Interest Matrix — Trump 2.0 Administration & Movement Network
• Democratic Collapse Scenario Planning and Survival Guide (existing KB)