January 6¶
Overview¶
“January 6” commonly refers both to the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol and to the broader effort surrounding the 2020 presidential-election result. The House Select Committee’s final report provides an official source for that broader institutional record.
ARRP does not treat the episode as one proposal. Pressure on election officials, threats against workers, abusive litigation, false electoral documents, transition obstruction, federal-force safeguards, coordinated subversion, presidential immunity, independent investigation, and pardons raise different institutional questions. This page helps readers find the proposal addressing each one.
Applicable Proposals¶
| Public concern | Proposal | How ARRP addresses it |
|---|---|---|
| Federal pressure on State or local election administration | ELEC-001 | Addresses civilian executive interference with State and local election administration. |
| Pressure on canvassing or certification officials | ELEC-002 | Addresses clear official duties, deadlines, review, and continuity when certification is threatened. |
| Threats against election workers or officials | ELEC-003 | Addresses protection, continuity, reporting, and support for election personnel. |
| Abusive lawsuits, subpoenas, audits, or inspection demands | ELEC-004 | Addresses safeguards against misuse of election-related civil process. |
| False documents purporting to transmit electoral votes | ELEC-005 | Addresses federal receipt, preservation, notice, and treatment of unauthorized electoral documents. |
| Delayed transition access or agency cooperation | ELEC-006 | Addresses automatic transition procedures and enforcement. |
| Improper federal-force activity around election administration | ELEC-007 | Addresses force presence, emergency response, and custody of election materials. |
| Coordinated efforts using independently wrongful acts to overturn a lawful result | ELEC-008 | Addresses accountability for coordinated federal election-subversion schemes. |
| Presidential criminal immunity | IMM-001 | Addresses whether official-act immunity bars investigation, evidence, prosecution, or punishment. |
| Independent investigation of presidential misconduct | DOJ-007 | Addresses conflicted investigation, evidence preservation, prosecution, and reporting. |
| Clemency protecting participants or witnesses | PAR-001 | Addresses corrupt, self-protective, obstructive, or politically abusive clemency. |
| Presidential self-pardons | PAR-005 | Addresses the distinct constitutional uncertainty surrounding self-pardons. |
What ARRP Does and Does Not Address¶
ARRP addresses the institutional safeguards exposed by the episode. It does not use this page to determine individual criminal guilt, replace judicial findings, relitigate the election result, or assign collective responsibility to a political party or its voters. Allegations and prosecution assessments remain subject to the source and evidence rules governing the proposal pages.
Sources and Updates¶
The principal orientation source is the Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. The project’s detailed source-to-proposal routing is retained in the Jack Smith Volume One / ARRP Crosswalk. Detailed factual and legal support remains in the linked proposal pages and should be updated there first.