The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended former President Donald Trump’s Wisconsin lawyer from a state judicial ethics panel a week after he was charged with a felony for his role in a 2020 fake electors scheme. Liberal advocates have been calling for Jim Troupis to step down from the Judicial Conduct Advisory Committee.
FILE - Trump campaign attorney Jim Troupis speaks during a hearing to discuss election security, Dec. 16, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, suspended Troupis from a state judicial ethics panel a week after he was charged with a felony for his role in the 2020 fake electors scheme. MADISON, Wis.
Justice Rebecca Bradley, one of the court’s three minority conservative members, did not participate. Bradley was one of four conservative justices on the court who reappointed Troupis for a second term on the panel in March 2023. Liberals now hold a 4-3 majority on the court.Police update number of people injured in Madison rooftop shooting to 12Troupis has been a member of the judicial committee since 2020 and was reappointed to a second three-year term 15 months ago.
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