Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed charges against three people in relation to the 2020 fake electors scheme in Wisconsin, including former Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro, former Dane County Circuit Court Judge James Troupis and Michael Roman. The three are charged with felony forgery and are scheduled to be in Dane County court on Sept. 19. A conviction could result in a maximum of six years in prison and fines up to $10,000. Kenneth Chesebro, 62, and Jim Troupis, 70, and former Trump aide Mike Roman, 51, allegedly delivered Wisconsin’s fake elector paperwork to a Pennsylvania congressman’s staffer in order to get them to then-Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021."This is an ongoing investigation," Kaul said during a news conference announcing the charges. "Our approach has been following the facts as they lead us." The 10 Wisconsin electors, Chesebro and Troupis, Trump’s attorney in Wisconsin, all settled a civil lawsuit brought against them in 2023.Documents released as part of those settlements showed that the strategy in Wisconsin replicated moves in six other swing states: Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, and belatedly New Mexico.Reaction to the charges were swift and partisan.Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said, "Good" in a post online.Sen. Ron Johnson called the charges "outrageous."During a stop in De Pere Tuesday evening, Donald Trump Jr. said, "It sort of feels like everything else they're doing, it's just lawfare." When asked who invested he and the Trump campaign were in the fake electors scheme, he said, "I don't know if I was invested at all. We understand what's going on. We understood what's happening. We saw everything that came out since then." In Michigan, 16 people were initially charged with forgery and other crimes. Six Republicans in Nevada, including the state’s GOP party chair and Republican National committeeman, were indicted in December on felony charges.Meanwhile, 18 people — including Trump and several of his top lawyers — were charged last summer in Georgia. Three of those charged are accused of being fake electors. Several lawyers, including Chesebro, agreed to plea deals.New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, a Democrat, said in January that he wouldn’t prosecute. Charges also haven’t been filed in Pennsylvania or Arizona.Documents from the settlement show how Chesebro was in direct communications with top Trump campaign officials for an assessment of how states were doing with the plan.Trump lost Wisconsin to Biden, a Democrat, by fewer than 21,000 votes. Trump carried Wisconsin by a similar margin in 2016.This is a developing story and will be updated.
MADISON, Wis. —
Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed charges against three people in relation to the 2020 fake electors scheme in Wisconsin, including former Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro, former Dane County Circuit Court Judge James Troupis and Michael Roman.
The three are charged with felony forgery and are scheduled to be in Dane County court on Sept. 19. A conviction could result in a maximum of six years in prison and fines up to $10,000.
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Kenneth Chesebro, 62, and Jim Troupis, 70, and former Trump aide Mike Roman, 51, allegedly delivered Wisconsin’s fake elector paperwork to a Pennsylvania congressman’s staffer in order to get them to then-Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021.
"This is an ongoing investigation," Kaul said during a news conference announcing the charges. "Our approach has been following the facts as they lead us."
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— Matt Smith (@mattsmith_news) June 4, 2024BREAKING: This morning Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed charges against KENNETH CHESEBRO, JAMES TROUPIS and MICHAEL ROMAN in relation to the 2020 fake electors scheme in Wisconsin
Each are facing 1 count of forgery, a felony, in Dane County Circuit Court
The 10 Wisconsin electors, Chesebro and Troupis, Trump’s attorney in Wisconsin, all settled a civil lawsuit brought against them in 2023.
Documents released as part of those settlements showed that the strategy in Wisconsin replicated moves in six other swing states: Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, and belatedly New Mexico.
Reaction to the charges were swift and partisan.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said, "Good" in a post online.
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Here’s my full statement regarding media reports today indicating charges are being filed against individuals involved in Wisconsin’s 2020 fake elector scheme. pic.twitter.com/TUSRS42KEV
— Governor Tony Evers (@GovEvers) June 4, 2024
Sen. Ron Johnson called the charges "outrageous."
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— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) June 4, 2024This is outrageous.
Now Democrats are weaponizing Wisconsin’s judiciary.
Apparently conservative lawyers advising clients is illegal under Democrat tyranny.
Democrats are turning America into a banana republic. https://t.co/2fdTsvAXZ7
During a stop in De Pere Tuesday evening, Donald Trump Jr. said, "It sort of feels like everything else they're doing, it's just lawfare."
When asked who invested he and the Trump campaign were in the fake electors scheme, he said, "I don't know if I was invested at all. We understand what's going on. We understood what's happening. We saw everything that came out since then."
In Michigan, 16 people were initially charged with forgery and other crimes. Six Republicans in Nevada, including the state’s GOP party chair and Republican National committeeman, were indicted in December on felony charges.
Meanwhile, 18 people — including Trump and several of his top lawyers — were charged last summer in Georgia. Three of those charged are accused of being fake electors. Several lawyers, including Chesebro, agreed to plea deals.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, a Democrat, said in January that he wouldn’t prosecute. Charges also haven’t been filed in Pennsylvania or Arizona.
Documents from the settlement show how Chesebro was in direct communications with top Trump campaign officials for an assessment of how states were doing with the plan.
Trump lost Wisconsin to Biden, a Democrat, by fewer than 21,000 votes. Trump carried Wisconsin by a similar margin in 2016.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
