Wisconsin AG files felony charges against Trump attorneys, aide involved in 2022 electorate matter

Wisconsin Democrat Attorney General Josh Kaul on Tuesday filed felony forgery charges against two attorneys and an aide who allegedly helped submit paperwork falsely stating then-President Donald Trump won the battleground state in 2020.

The charges were filed against 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, according to the Associated Press. 

The paperwork was supposed to go to then-Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021 on Capitol Hill, where the VP was to certify the results of the election, in which then-Democrat challenger Joe Biden was the winner.

The three defendants are due in Dane County Circuit Court on Sept. 19, according to court records reviewed by the wire service. Each faces one felony count punishable by up to six years in prison and fines of up to $10,000.

Troupis and Chesebro did not return voicemail messages left Tuesday by the Associated Press. Roman did not have an attorney listed in court records.