{Note: This is Part 3 of an ongoing series in the January 6 section of Proof. Part 4 is due soon, and will focus on Stop the Steal co-organizer Ali Alexander. Part 1 is here, and Part 2 is here. Note that an important coda was added to the bottom of this article on January 10th, 2022.}

Introduction

There were many—indeed one might say innumerable—reasons …