Wisconsin governor seeks prosecution of 2020 alternate electors

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Friday contended that a group of alternate electors for the state who supported former President Donald Trump's efforts to challenge the 2020 election ought to face prosecution.

Amid allegations of election fraud in key battlegrounds, Trump allies put together alternate elector slates in the swing states who asserted that the former president won reelection. 

After a bill signing on Friday, Evers said that "[w]hat they did was wrong, and so I’m hoping somebody will pick up the banner here, because this has to happen," The Hill reported. "There has to be accountability."

His call for the prosecution of Wisconsin's 10 would-be Trump electors follows such an action last month from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who has brought felony election charges against that state's 16 alternate electors.

"It would be malfeasance of the greatest magnitude if my department failed to act here in the face of overwhelming evidence of an organized effort to circumvent the lawfully cast ballots of millions of Michigan voters in a presidential election," she said at the time.

Trump himself is facing criminal charges from special counsel Jack Smith in relation to his efforts to overturn the election results. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and maintains that the myriad indictments against him are part of a political witch hunt to derail his 2024 presidential bid.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on Twitter.