Evidence library

The official record of the proceeding itself: session video (VODs) and transcripts, filed pleadings, court orders and rulings, admitted exhibits.

An official or primary document from outside the proceeding: an agency report (e.g. a COA audit), an official order or gazette entry, an authenticated original statement.

Reporting that describes primary material rather than being it — one step removed from the record, whoever the publisher is.

Commentary, analysis, or opinion: an editorial, column, press release, social-media post, or other advocacy or self-published take.

A publicly circulating claim whose provenance cannot be traced to any of the tiers above; never used to set a claim's status.