4. Shortly after election day, the Defendant also pursued unlawful means of discounting legitimate votes and subverting the election results . In so doing, the Defendant perpetrated three criminal conspiracies: 

a. A conspiracy to defraud the United States by using dishonesty, fraud, and deceit to impair, obstruct , and defeat the lawful federal government function by which the results of the presidential election are collected, counted, and certified by the federal government , in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371; 

b. A conspiracy to corruptly obstruct and impede the January 6 congressional proceeding at which the collected results of the presidential election are counted and certified ( the certification proceeding ), in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1512(k ); and 

c. A conspiracy against the right to vote and to have one's vote counted, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 241