PROOF 1.3
DNC MOU Violation

PROOF: Official Appointed to Ensure Compliance Violated Her Duty

Violation: Selina Vickers was appointed under the MOU to oversee and direct compliance. She violated this duty by authoring a secret script that directed her own appointment to Parliamentarian, granted preferential treatment to allies, and included tactics to control meeting participation. Using a compliance position to violate the rules being overseen corrupts the oversight mechanism itself.
Stakes: The official appointed under the MOU to ensure a fair process instead authored a secret script that violated the rules she was appointed to enforce. This corrupted the oversight mechanism itself.
Evidence Strength:
6 facts, 3 axioms

The Axioms (The Rules)

1

The MOU appointed a non-elected official, Selina Vickers, to 'oversee and direct compliance' with the agreement. Primary Source

2020 MOU between WVDP and DNC RBC, p. 2

2

The 2020 DNC MOU required that members of the Affirmative Action Committee be 'selected by their particular caucus.' Primary Source

2020-MOU-WVDP-DNC-RBC.pdf, p. 3

3

The DNC Charter mandates that 'All meetings of... all other official Party committees, commissions and bodies shall be open to the public'. Primary Source

DNC Charter, Article Nine, Sec. 12

Rule Summary

Officials appointed to ensure compliance have a duty to enforce the rules they oversee. Using this position of trust to violate those same rules is a fundamental breach that corrupts the oversight mechanism. The MOU specifically appointed Vickers to prevent the violations she then committed.

The Offenses (What Happened)

Selina Vickers circulated a script for the formation meeting with the subject line 'DRAFT SCRIPT - do not share.'

Evidence: selina-script-email.pdf, p. 1 Documentary

The script directs a committee member to state: 'I nominate Selina Vickers for Parliamentarian/Secretary.'

Evidence: selina-script.pdf, p. 3 Official Record

The script provides a verbatim endorsement for the member to read, which concludes, 'I can think of no one else remotely qualified to do this particular work.'

Evidence: selina-script.pdf, p. 3 Official Record

The script directed a nomination for Kim Felix for the 'at-large diversity seat representing Latino Americans' while providing no similar nominations for AAPI or Native American communities.

Evidence: selina-script.pdf, p. 3 Official Record

The script contains a pre-planned challenge to observers: 'Ask: 'I notice there are people other than caucus co-chairs present. I thought this meeting was solely for co-chairs.''

Evidence: selina-script.pdf, p. 1 Official Record

The script anticipates criticism from Party Chair Belinda Biafore and provides response strategies.

Evidence: selina-script.pdf, p. 1 Official Record

The Logical Reasoning

  1. The MOU appointed Selina Vickers to 'oversee and direct compliance' with the agreement.
  2. This appointment created a duty to ensure the process followed MOU requirements.
  3. Vickers authored a script marked 'do not share' that controlled the formation meeting.
  4. The script directed her own nomination to the role of Parliamentarian.
  5. The script included a pre-written endorsement supporting her nomination.
  6. The script granted preferential nomination to one ally while excluding other communities.
  7. The script included tactics to challenge observers and manage anticipated criticism.
  8. Each of these actions violated the fair and open process she was appointed to ensure.
  9. The official appointed to ensure compliance used her position to violate the rules she was supposed to enforce.

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