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The SCC and GCC claim in the document that supposed “mis-, dis-, and malinformation” comes from not just “foreign actors” but also “domestic sources aiming to sow divisions and reduce national cohesion.”“False narratives erode trust and pose a threat to democratic transitions,” the document reads.The document includes a chart with categories of “mis-, dis-, and malinformation,” one of which is the “delegitimization of election results.” It defines this as “narratives or content that delegitimizes election results or sows distrust in the integrity of the process based on false or misleading claims.”The chart features examples of alleged election “rumor” and official talking points of “reality.”line at the bottom of the page notes the categories were “adapted from the Election Integrity Project’s (EIP) final report on misinformation and the 2020 election.”The House Judiciary Committee found last year that CISA used the EIP before the 2020 election to “launder its censorship activities” to bypass the First Amendment and public criticism. The EIP made “misinformation” reports available to “select parties,” including the federal government, universities, and Big Tech companies.“The EIP targeted true information, jokes, and political opinions of Americans across the political spectrum, but especially conservatives,” according to a press release.The groups targeted The Federalist’s Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway and CEO Sean Davis in 2020 along with former President Donald Trump and other conservative posters.Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson designated election infrastructure as a “critical infrastructure subsector” in 2017 — including it in the “National Infrastructure Protection Plan.”Johnson denied the move was a “federal takeover, regulation, oversight or intrusion” by DHS, which contains CISA. Instead, he insisted it would simply “make[] it easier for the federal government to have full and frank discussions with key stakeholders.”