Case Brief

Violation: Official Appointed to Ensure Compliance Corrupted the Process

The 2020 DNC MOU appointed Selina Vickers to oversee compliance. Her duty was to ensure a fair, open process. She violated that duty by authoring a secret script that excluded mandated minority caucuses and directed her own appointment to a position of procedural control.

The 2020 DNC MOU appointed Selina Vickers to 'oversee and direct compliance.' Her duty was to ensure a fair, open process. She violated that duty. She authored a script marked 'do not share' that controlled the formation meeting. The script acknowledged that 75% of required racial caucuses did not exist. The organizers proceeded anyway. The script directed Vickers' own nomination to Parliamentarian. It granted preferential treatment to one ally. It included tactics to challenge observers and manage criticism. During the same period organizers failed to form required racial caucuses, they successfully formed other caucuses for their allies. They interfered in the Indigenous Caucus formation by selectively contacting members. The official appointed to prevent these violations instead engineered them. This corrupted the oversight mechanism the MOU established.
Proofs documented 3 Across this record

Record Metadata

Timeframe
June 2021
Focus
WVDP Affirmative Action Committee Formation
Primary Documents
2020 DNC MOU, Formation Script & Emails

Key Findings

  • The official appointed under the MOU to oversee compliance authored a secret script that violated the rules she was supposed to enforce.
  • The script acknowledged that 75% of required racial caucuses did not exist and proceeded with formation anyway.
  • Organizers selectively failed to form mandated racial caucuses while successfully forming other caucuses for allies during the same period.

Documented Violations

2 incidents traced in this record

Violation: Official Appointed to Ensure Compliance Used Position to Violate Rules She Was Supposed to Enforce

The MOU appointed Selina Vickers to 'oversee and direct compliance.' She authored a secret script marked 'do not share' that violated the MOU's requirements and directed her own appointment as Parliamentarian.

The MOU appointed Selina Vickers to oversee compliance. This created a duty to ensure the process followed MOU requirements. She violated this duty. She authored a script marked 'do not share.' The script acknowledged that 75% of required racial caucuses did not exist. The script directed formation to proceed anyway. The script directed her own nomination as Parliamentarian. It included a pre-written endorsement of her qualifications. It granted preferential nomination to one ally while excluding other communities. It included tactics to challenge observers and manage criticism. Using a compliance position to violate the rules being overseen corrupts the oversight mechanism.

ConsequenceThe official appointed to ensure compliance used her position to violate the rules she was supposed to enforce. This corrupted the oversight mechanism the MOU established.

  • The MOU appointed Vickers to 'oversee and direct compliance' with the agreement.
  • She authored a script marked 'do not share' that controlled the formation meeting.
  • The script acknowledged that Latino, AAPI, and Native American caucuses did not exist.
  • The script directed her own nomination to Parliamentarian with a pre-written endorsement.
  • The script granted preferential treatment to one ally while excluding other communities.

Related proofs

Violation: Selective Exclusion of Minority Caucuses

Organizers failed to form 75% of the required racial caucuses while successfully forming other caucuses for their political allies in the same timeframe.

The DNC agreement required the formation of specific racial caucuses before leadership was selected. Organizers failed to form the AAPI, Latino, and Native American caucuses before installing leadership. During the same period, they formed other caucuses for their allies. They interfered in the Indigenous Caucus formation by selectively contacting members.

ConsequenceThree racial communities were excluded from selecting their own representatives in the committee's formation.

  • Organizers successfully formed caucuses for their allies during the same period.
  • They failed to form three of the four required racial caucuses before installing leadership.
  • Evidence shows organizers interfered in the Indigenous Caucus formation by selectively contacting members.
  • The Indigenous Caucus was later denied seats on key subcommittees.

Related proofs

The Oversight Mechanism Was Corrupted

The MOU established an oversight structure to ensure fairness. The official appointed to enforce this structure instead violated it. She used her compliance position to exclude mandated caucuses and direct her own appointment. The selective exclusion of mandated caucuses violated the MOU's formation requirements. The use of a secret script violated the MOU's requirement for an open process. The committee's formation did not comply with the governing MOU because the official responsible for ensuring compliance corrupted the process.

Proofs in this Record

3 curated proofs

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