Prosecutors in Wisconsin have charged two lawyers and a senior aide to President-elect Donald Trump with ten new felonies. They are accused of submitting fake elector documents during the 2020 presidential election.
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Trump’s Wisconsin attorney, Jim Troupis, along with Kenneth Chesebro, a legal advisor to the campaign, and Mike Roman, the director of Trump’s Election Day operations in 2020, now face 11 felony counts. The Wisconsin Department alleges that they orchestrated a forgery scheme that deceived the state’s 10 Republican electors into falsely certifying Trump as the winner of Wisconsin’s Electoral College votes, Baller Alert reported.
Prosecutors have alleged that the trio manipulated the electors, many of whom believed their signatures were intended to preserve legal options in case the courts rule in Trump’s favor. The amended complaint claims that the electors were unaware that their signatures would be submitted to Congress as official results without a court ruling. Troupis has filed several motions to dismiss the case. He argues that the meeting of electors was legal and meant to keep Trump’s legal options open.
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Chesebro and Roman have faced legal troubles before. They were both indicted with Trump in Georgia earlier this year. Roman has pleaded not guilty, while Chesebro took a plea deal but now wants to cancel it.
The Wisconsin case is part of a broader investigation into the scheme and contributed to Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Investigations are ongoing in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, and Georgia.
