Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed felony forgery charges against two attorneys and an aide who worked for former President Donald Trump. The charges are related to their roles in submitting paperwork falsely saying that Trump had won the battleground state in 2020.
FILE - Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul speaks at a campaign stop on Oct. 27, 2022, in Milwaukee. Kaul filed felony forgery charges against two attorneys and an aide who submitted paperwork falsely saying that former President Donald Trump had won the battleground state in 2020. FILE - Trump campaign attorney Jim Troupis speaks during a hearing to discuss election security on Dec. 16, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The charges were filed against Trump attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and Jim Troupis and former Trump aide Mike Roman who allegedly delivered Wisconsin’s fake elector paperwork to a Pennsylvania congressman’s staffer in order to get them to Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021.Kaul, a Democrat, has faced pressure to bring action against the 10 fake electors, who have yet to be charged with any criminal wrongdoing.
Electors are people appointed to represent voters in presidential elections. The winner of the popular vote in each state determines which party’s electors are sent to the Electoral College, which meets in December after the election to certify the outcome.Journalism groups sue Wisconsin Justice Department for names of every police officer in statefiled against Trump alleging he tried to overturn results of the 2020 election.
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