Outlining Charges in Wisconsin's 2020 Fake Electors Scheme

Frederica Freyberg:
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul this week filed felony criminal charges against three of Donald Trump’s associates in connection with the false elector scheme staged following the 2020 election.

Josh Kaul:
Specifically, the complaint charges Kenneth J. Cheseboro, Michael A. Roman, and James R. Troupis, with conspiring to commit the crime of uttering as genuine a forged writing or object in violation of Wisconsin statutes.

Frederica Freyberg:
A forty-seven-page criminal complaint alleges a plot to flip Wisconsin’s ten electoral votes from Joe Biden to Trump by forging a fake list of elector certificates at a meeting at the state Capitol. The complaint states that on January 6th, 2021, defendants Cheseboro and Troupis exchanged messages about attempting to deliver the unappointed elector certificate to Vice President Pence during the Joint Session of Congress. They then called defendant Roman to “make sure he gets what he needs.” The fake elector certificates were never delivered to then Vice President Pence. Of the three men charged, only attorney and former judge James Troupis is a Wisconsin resident. The defendants are scheduled for an initial appearance in Dane County Circuit Court in September. If convicted, the maximum sentence is six years in prison.