White house surrogate under Trump. Had some connection to Trump's lies. Mention in [[Jack Smith Immunity Brief (Jan 6th case), Section III]] as having tweeted a 'facially fake' WH memo entitled [[Operation 'PENCE CARD']] on 12/23 which falsely claimed [[Mike Pence|Pence]] had the power to reject elector slates. Trump then retweeted that tweet.[^1] We know from the [[Jack Smith Immunity Brief (Jan 6th case)]] that this plan was well underway by the time of this tweet, so this looks like _astro-turfing_ to me. # ChatGPT's discussion of Operation 'PENCE CARD' ## I asked Can you find the tweet from Ivan Raiklin, send 12/13/2020 titled someting like 'Operation PENCE CARD' ## ChatGPT said: ChatGPT Searched 3 sites Ivan Raiklin tweeted his proposal, known as "Operation Pence Card," on December 16, 2020. This plan aimed to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence into rejecting the certification of Electoral College votes from several key battleground states where Donald Trump and his allies alleged widespread election fraud. Raiklin, a former Green Beret and a close associate of Michael Flynn, presented a two-page memo that outlined how Pence could use his role in certifying the election results to contest Biden’s victory. Donald Trump retweeted this post, further amplifying the strategy. Raiklin’s idea laid the groundwork for later strategies, including John Eastman’s legal arguments that outlined ways for Pence to intervene during the certification process, though Pence ultimately rejected these approaches, affirming his lack of authority to alter the results​ [Wikipedia: Trump's Fake Elector's Plot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_fake_electors_plot) ​ [Wikipedia: Ivan Raiklin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Raiklin) . # Footnotes [^1]: [The Immunity Brief](https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/73357920e3c8d739/8fc8bfd0-full.pdf) Page 137